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No extinction is as well documented as that of the New Zealand Moa (pronounced mo-ah).
It was a large flightless bird of the order Dinornithiformes. Weighing up to 250Kg and 2.5 metres high, it was hunted to extinction by the Maoris by about 400 years ago.
The Moa occupied the ecological niche in New Zealand of the antelope, rhinoceros and kangaroo and lived in habitats from forest to alpine tundra.
They were abundant when the Maoris arrived in New Zealand about 1,000 years ago. However there is no real evidence to show that the Maori people were solely responsible for their extinction. It was thought that Moa were easy to catch due to a lack of natural predators although the Harpogonis Eagle was thought to be the main natural predator.
Dr Tim Flannery's book, "The Future Eaters" gives a good account of the extinction of the Moa and he quotes "Prodigious Birds" by Atholl Anderson as a "splendid work on the Moa". Atholl Anderson was also famous for proclaiming that polynesians somehow accidently discovered polynesian islands through his drift theory. This has been disparoved over a decade ago.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe extinction of the Moa (a large flightless bird in New Zealand) is thought to have been initiated after the arrival of the Maori to the island in about 1300 CE. The date of the final Moa's death is unknown. General supposition is that it happened within a hundred years of the Maori's arrival but there are unconfirmed reports of Moas in the 18th and 19th centuries in the remote parts of the island.
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∙ 14y agoThe moa is extinct because of the Haast eagle(The biggest eagle in the world) It killed it for food.
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∙ 14y agoBecause they were easy to see so that then the Maoris could capture them and then eat them. They also are extinct because of the haste's eagle that also ate them
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∙ 9y agoThe Moa was a bird that lived in New Zealand. there were nine species of Moa, and all are thought to have been extinct by 1400 A.D.
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∙ 13y agoYup , since A.D. circa 1400
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∙ 13y agoThe Maori hunted them to extinction
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Are Moa's Really Extinct?
Moas are said to have become extinct as late as the 19th century.
What other 2 animals have become extinct other than moa?
Two extinct animals other than the Moa are the Elephant Bird and the Dodo bird.
Were the moa endangered before they become extinct?
Yes, but not officially. There was no rating of animal endangerment at that time.
What century did the Moa's become extinct?
they were hunted to death by a horde of evil doers in the 1700's
What does the moa have in common with th dodo?
They are both extinct animals. The dodo went extinct in the late 1600s. The moa went extinct in about 1400.
Why did the Haast's eagle become extinct?
Due to lack in their main food, moa. Killed along with moas by the Maori.
What is an extinct bird that cannot fly?
One flying reptile that is extinct is a pterosaur.Pteranodon
Which animal went extinct in 1500?
Moa
What animals have been extinct for over 100 years?
This animal below have been extinct for more than 100 years. The Moa has been extinct for about 600 years
Where did moa live?
The Moa lived in parts of New Zealand, which the Maori used to hunt them, kill them and eat them.But nowadays the flightless Moa is extinct.
Where does the native bird moa come from?
The Moa is a now-extinct flightless bird which once inhabited New Zealand.
Does the moa have wings?
The moa is extinct. However, unlike other ratites (kiwi, rheas, cassowaries, ostriches and emus), the moa was the only truly wingless bird.
