It only took 2,500 people to kill off the world's biggest birds

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceNov 10, 2014, 10:17 am23 pts
The first settlers of New Zealand killed off nine species of giant birds, known as moas, with a population no bigger than a few thousand people, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The biggest moas stood up to 3.6 meters (12 feet) tall, making these mega-birds the largest animals in…

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