The Maori killed and ate these Moa birds to extinction. These birds look like their meat is tough and awful. Only fit for tribal knuckleheads like Maori and Polynesians.>>>
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How Did the Moa Go Extinct?
Arrival of the Māori: Polynesian settlers, ancestors of today’s Māori, arrived in New Zealand in the late 13th century and found vast populations of moa—estimated at around 158,000 individuals.
Hunting: The moa became a primary source of food for these early settlers. Moa were easy to hunt because they had no natural fear of humans, having only faced aerial predators like the now-extinct Haast’s eagle before humans arrived.
Rapid Extinction: Archaeological and carbon dating evidence shows that all moa species, including the South Island Giant Moa, were driven to extinction within 150–200 years of Māori arrival—between about 1380 and 1440. This is considered one of the fastest megafaunal extinctions in history.
Other Factors: In addition to overhunting, habitat destruction (mainly by burning forests to create open land) and the introduction of non-native predators such as dogs and rats (which ate eggs and chicks) contributed to their decline.
“This is considered one of the fastest megafaunal extinctions in history.”
You mean the ‘First People’ weren’t conservationists?
Gorgeous big bird.
I eat chicken but not turkey and would never in a million years want a bite of this Moa. May they survive and thrive.
They need to bring back the Dodo bird.
How can that be? According to leftists, the first arrivers were one with the land and good stewards of all species.