How could we revive a Moa

1. How could we revive a Moa

2. We would need a form of moa DNA

3. We could ask museums or dig in old moa habitats

4. Other facts about moas • Some moa bones have been dated and found to be 2 million years old. • Moa belonged to the family of Ratites, or flightless birds (includes ostriches, emus, and kiwis) which have no wings, not even small stubs of wings like the kiwi. • Large amounts of moa remains have been found on the east coast of the South Island, but moa would have lived when these areas were still covered with forest. Preserved stomach contents have shown that the moa ate a diet of twigs, seeds, leaves, fruit and leaves, and browsed on shrubs, rather than grazed on grass.

5. Even more moa facts • Large amounts of moa remains have been found on the east coast of the South Island, but moa would have lived when these areas were still covered with forest. Preserved stomach contents have shown that the moa ate a diet of twigs, seeds, leaves, fruit and leaves, and browsed on shrubs, rather than grazed on grass. • Moa probably produced clutches of only one or two eggs. The size of the egg, compared to the body size of the moa laying it, was larger than other birds in the ratite family. • Kiwi eggs are also large for their body size, and their chicks are well-developed when they hatch, and able to feed themselves almost straight away. Moa chicks were probably also well-developed and able to feed on their own soon after hatching.

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