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22nd November 2011

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rhamphotheca: Huge Eagle Dominated New Zealand Skies by Alex Kirby One of the largest birds of prey ever recorded, an extinct giant eagle, was once New Zealand’s chief predator, DNA evidence from fossil bones indicates. Research published in the journal PLoS Biology says the bird, Haast’s eagle, was big enough to rule its environment. The eagle increased its weight at a rate unprecedented in other birds and animals after reaching New Zealand. But it was driven to oblivion about five centuries ago, just 200 years or so after the first humans arrived. The research is the work of scientists from the universities of Oxford, UK, and Canterbury, New Zealand. It was mainly funded by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc). Additional support came from the Wellcome Trust, the Leverhulme Trust and the Foundation for Research Science and Technology New Zealand… (read more: BBC News)   (Image: Haast’s Eagle attacking 6 ft tall Moas, by John Megahan)

rhamphotheca:

Huge Eagle Dominated New Zealand Skies

by Alex Kirby

One of the largest birds of prey ever recorded, an extinct giant eagle, was once New Zealand’s chief predator, DNA evidence from fossil bones indicates.

Research published in the journal PLoS Biology says the bird, Haast’s eagle, was big enough to rule its environment. The eagle increased its weight at a rate unprecedented in other birds and animals after reaching New Zealand. But it was driven to oblivion about five centuries ago, just 200 years or so after the first humans arrived.

The research is the work of scientists from the universities of Oxford, UK, and Canterbury, New Zealand. It was mainly funded by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc). Additional support came from the Wellcome Trust, the Leverhulme Trust and the Foundation for Research Science and Technology New Zealand…

(read more: BBC News)  

(Image: Haast’s Eagle attacking 6 ft tall Moas, by John Megahan)

Tagged: Eagle fossilHaast's EagleNew Zealand

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