[SwinneySwitch]

Ask Big Bird!

[isthisnickcool]

Photo of huge female bird here.

[zoso82t]

That's nothing. My dog is a half Labrador, half Scottie. And the Scottie was the father!

[Sir Gawain]

A study of the fossilised bones of a giant bird which died out about 800 years ago has revealed that the female was three times the size of the male.

The scientists noted that the male and female birds weighed approximately the same until they got married.

Bada bing!

[quark]

"This raises the question of how the moa cocks were able to mate with their huge hens."

Scientists could look to Oprah Winfrey and the supposed boyfriend Stedman Graham for an answer.

[swarthyguy]

how the moa cocks

Very carefully, i assume.

[RightWhale]

So, they're extinct, are they?

[Billthedrill]

This raises the question of how the moa cocks were able to mate with their huge hens.

Well, birds don't have penises - the story of Leda and Zeus in the form of a swan was pretty good, but Hera ain't buying it (lipstick on the toga, you know) - so what they do is rub their cloaca together and transfer the, er, genetic material that way. You can see all the boy birds in the bars of a Saturday evening - "Hey, Tweety! Let's go out and git ourselves a little cloaca!" - but difficulties in mating in such a case of dimorphism won't be as insuperable as one might think.

It does remind me a little of the fabled Oooah bird. Cubical eggs with sharp edges. You can hear them in the jungles when the sun goes down, "Ooooooooooooahhhhhhh!"

[shaggy eel]

Moa died out after the arrival of the Maori

,,, what a coincidence - so did the Morioris.

[curmudgeonII]

A 250kg. bird is a little more than 550 pounds. My guess is that the male of the species mated very carefully.

[NCjim]

This raises the question of how the moa cocks were able to mate with their huge hens.

Well,if it comes to a toss-up between scientists knowing how they did it, and the males knowing how, it is better that the males knew how...

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

This raises the question of how the moa cocks were able to mate with their huge hens.,/i>

They didn't. That's why they're gone. Mystery solved.

[Xenalyte]

Uh, heh heh, heh heh . . . heh heh, heh heh . . . they said "bones." And "cock."

[LibKill]

Never mind how the birds 'did' it. If they've got the DNA they can CLONE it. Drumsticks the size of Cinncinati!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Moa!

[Publius6961]

A study of the fossilised bones of a giant bird which died out about 800 years ago has revealed that the female was three times the size of the male.

Oh no you don't.
This is a research project right?
To see how many clever quips you can collect with that bait?

Nice try.

[Porterville]

Little guy just rolled the big girl in flour and looked for the we.... well you know how it's done..

What does a large bird and a moped have in common??

[Junior]

Bookmark.

[lawdude]

The fact that they died out 800+ years ago might explain something.

Otherwise, perhaps they ran out of rocks to pile up?

[LaMudBug]

A friend of mine who lived in New Orleans had a female St. Bernard dog. Big dog... She came into heat which of course attracted local male dogs.

My friend found his female St. Bernard laying on her back in his back yard so that the small dog from across the street could do his thing on her. Missionary position so to speak, instead of "doggy" style.

A true story...

[DH]

This raises the question of how the moa cocks were able to mate with their huge hens.

I think the question can be answered by the little wimpy men who always date and marry huge fat women. Go ask them.....or better yet, watch them and they will learn the secret!!!!!!!