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# The moa: giant dinornithiform birds, up to 3.6 metres tall and 250 kg
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/moa-gigantskie-do-3-6-metrov-i-250-kg-dinornisoobraznye-ptitsy/
- Published: 2022-10-31T16:31:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:37:36.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Palaeontology, Nature

The moa: giant dinornithiform birds, up to 3.6 metres tall and 250 kg. Entirely wingless. All that remained of their wings was a tiny little digit. They lived in New Zealand. They were wiped out completely in only 100 to 200 years by the tribes who settled the islands in the 1300s.

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