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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I think Moa are a cool candidate for de-extinction, cause we have close relatives, they wouldn't be too dangerous, and we could house them well in zoos. Plus I'd super like to see one.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not too dangerous, weren't they identified as the predator in a lot of Maori stories about man hunting birds?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    They were certainly feared but aren't as dangerous as say, a tiger, which we keep regularly. Their poo suggests a herbivorous diet so unlikely to be hunting anything regularly, probably more like a cassowary that attack for defence.

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