The Tragedy of the Chunky Funky Bird: The Crested Moa.

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References:
Berentson, Q. (2012). Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand’s Legendary Birds. Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson. 300 pp.
NZ Birds Online: Crested Moa. Available at: https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/spec...
Bunce et al. (2019): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
Rawlence and Cooper (2013): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...

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