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The same fate befell the moa, a large flightless bird native to New Zealand.
by mdavidn 2y ago
The same fate befell the moa, a large flightless bird native to New Zealand.
- lostlogin 2y agoThe Haast Eagle too. They hunted Moa, and as you’d expect from an eagle that hunted 200kg birds, it too was a monster. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle
- mkl 2y agoAnd New Zealand's other big birds (e.g. giant geese, harriers, eagles, swans [1]), after humans arrived. And elephant birds and giant lemurs in Madagascar, after humans arrived. And many large animals in Australia (giant wombats, kangaroos, marsupial "lions", etc. [2]), after humans arrived. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Extinct_birds_of_New_Zealand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Extinct_birds_of_New_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_megafauna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_megafauna