Free Watch Online ‘Preserved Megalapteryx foot | Pics Of Preserved Moa foot | Preserved Megalapteryx Moa Birdleg Photos Online downloadThis is off a flightless, extinct bird native to New Zealand called the moa. The largest ones were around 500 pounds and around 12 ft high with their necks stuck straight up (though contrary to popular belief, they didn’t naturally walk around like that since they’re more closely related to a cassowary than an ostrich or emu).
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The entire population went extinct between 1300-1400 AD as the islands began to be settled by polynesian ancestors of the Maori. Since moas evolved in New Zealand where there were no land mammals, they basically had no predators (with one very notable exception) and probably didn’t have any survival instincts either. Maori likely could have just walked up and hit them over the head with rocks.
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