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Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers
sciencedaily ^
Posted on 07/02/2009 3:09:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand.
Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Landcare Research in New Zealand have identified four different moa species after retrieving ancient DNA from moa feathers believed to be at least 2500 years old.
The giant birds – measuring up to 2.5 metres and weighing 250 kilograms – were the dominant animals in New Zealand’s pre-human environment but were quickly exterminated after the arrival of the Maori around 1280 AD.
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TOPICS: Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; moa; science
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To: JoeProBono
Do my eyes deceive me, or does that buzzard have four drumsticks?
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posted on
07/02/2009 7:36:10 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
To: JoeProBono
Wait a minute...if the ostritch is flightless then why does it have a carrier landing hook?
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posted on
07/02/2009 7:44:52 PM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive-mind liberals worship "leaders". Sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
To: gnarledmaw
Dunno
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posted on
07/02/2009 7:47:57 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
From the headline, I was expecting something more along these lines...
or 
or, at the very least, 
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:05:24 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
To: Monkey Face
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:13:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: SunkenCiv
BUT!!! Can it be Kentucky FRIED?????
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:15:47 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ [Borrowed from redhead])
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:20:05 PM PDT
by
Costumed Vigilante
(Congress: When a handful of evil morons just isn't enough)
To: JoeProBono; SunkenCiv
Now we’ll get moa and moa until we can’t take no moa because we’ll be up to our asses in moa.
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:41:48 PM PDT
by
wildbill
( The reason you're so jealous is that the voices talk only to me.)
To: wildbill
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:43:00 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Costumed Vigilante; JoeProBono
I think I’ve been watching too many Sci-Fi movies....
It looks like something I can’t think of.
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:46:53 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ [Borrowed from redhead])
To: JoeProBono
What's the daily bag limit?
I bet it tastes just like chicken.
Maybe a garlic-herb marinade would be in order?
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posted on
07/02/2009 8:50:49 PM PDT
by
50cal Smokepole
(Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
To: LRS
Let's hope being finger lickin' good was the only reason for killing them off... ANd bringing them back ;)
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posted on
07/03/2009 5:09:59 PM PDT
by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(Obama and the Dem Congress will spend $5 trillion every year of his presidency until they break US!)
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