The Moa ? Now extinct. About 2 metres tall.
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Thursday, 6 February 2025
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I though the Cassowary was a New Zealand native. Do they have a similar murder bird I’m getting it confused with?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 days ago
You might be thinking of a Moa? Of the ones that still exist a Kea isn’t dangerous to humans but certainly is to cars, gutters, etc like cockatoos are
StudChud@aussie.zone 6 days ago
There’s three species of Cassowary. The Northern Cassowary and the Dwarf Cassowary are native to Papua New Guinea, and the Southern Cassowary is found in Papua New Guinea and Far North Queensland.
The Moa was a massive flightless bird native to New Zealand, like an oversized ostrich without the fancy feathers. Went extinct due to over hunting. There were actually four species of Moa, three were quite small, and then the big, tall one that’s most well known.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Saw one when I was at the Daintree a fair while back. It didn’t try and murder me which I thought was pleasant.