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We're far off the topic of the thread which is iron-60 supernova paleoarchaeology but I can't help myself from pulling things even further off-course. Did you k

We're far off the topic of the thread which is iron-60 supernova paleoarchaeology but I can't help myself from pulling things even further off-course. Did you know there were flying dinosaurs in the medieval era that hunted humans from the skies? - "'[Haast's] eagle had the possibility to hunt people,' Joanne says. 'It's hard to imagine a bird in that role but if it could successfully hunt a 250kg moa, then 80kg humans were possibly on the menu. There is oral tradition which suggests it was the case.'" https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/worlds-largest-eagle-hunted-unlike-any-other-bird-of-prey.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/worlds-lar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle

thaumasiotes 2y ago
> It's hard to imagine a bird in that role What? People have been imagining birds in that role for as long as there have been people. Has Joanne never heard of rocs?
- gus_massa 2y ago
  >> It's hard to imagine a bird in that role Do they have to fly? Have you ever meet Ostrich or Rheas? (Protip: Keep your fingers, food and everything shinny hidden. They will not eat your fingers, but I can't guaranty that.) A giant Ostrich would make me very afraid, but the giant versions are extint. PS: Goose are smaller but very mean. I'd be even more afraid of a giant goose if they were real.