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Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/why-did-new-zealands-moas-go-extinct
TIL New Zealand was home to some of the largest birds on Earth around 600 years ago, the Moas. These ostrich-like birds were as tall as 3m but went extinct due to overhunting by the first Polynesian settlers.
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If you like the Moa. You should try looking up the Haast’s eagle.
https://www.wingspan.co.nz/extinct_birds_of_prey_new_zealand_haasts_eagle.html
Wait till you look up Haast’s eagle.
And sadly, they exist no moa
I got beaten to mentioning Haask’s Eagle 🙁
After the extinction of the dinosaurs an ecological niche opened and birds took advantage of a lack of predators to grow to huge stupid sizes.
I bet they tasted great 😊
Haaat’s Eagle used to hunt Moa. Maori killed th Moa off, and with it the Haasts Eagle
Smart move. Look at the havoc emus caused the Australians.