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The Mighty Moa! (issue #43)

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The Mighty Moa!
  • Of Dinosaurs and Birds
  • New Zealand: A land of Birds
  • Great Designs Evolve Alike
  • Where Did All the Moas Go?
  • The Moas Revealed
  • The Case for the Moa
  • Have Moas been Spotted Alive?

Written by Daniel Loxton. Cover by Daniel Loxton and Jim W.W. Smith.

from the Introduction

Hello!

Hello! I’m Daniel, the Editor of Junior Skeptic. In this issue, we’ll learn the story of some amazing animals!

The flightless moa birds of New Zealand were among the largest birds ever to exist. They evolved striking similarities to other animals from other times and places, before vanishing from the Earth. But if moas are extinct, why are they (according to claims) still spotted alive in the wild?

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