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Moa under attack

This is a model of a moa being attacked by a Haast’s eagle. Moa DNA has been extracted from feathers believed to be at least 2,500 years old.

Rights: Sergio Alexandro, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Published: 27 August 2009Size: 69.23 KB

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