Research backs legend of man-eating bird
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 14:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge flesh-eating eagle that became extinct in New Zealand only 500 years ago was an efficient hunter that could attack prey 10 times its size, UNSW research has found, lending credibility to a Maori legend about a giant man-eating bird.