Moa or less: Extinct 'robust' birds of New Zealand might not have been so robust after all
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 17:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Giant moa bird (Dinornis robustus, literally meaning 'robust strange bird') may not have actually had robust bones, according to new research conducted by The University of Manchester. The leg bones of one of the tallest birds that ever existed were actually rather like those of its modern (but distant) relatives, such as ostrich, emu and rhea, the studypublished in PLOS One today (18 December) shows.