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24 Apr 2003
Moas. Big birds—very big birds. I've just watched a BBC program with the dreadful title Monsters We Met. This seems to be the latest programme of a genre I call "We-spent-thousands-on-that-CGI-how-can-we-reuse-the-footage?". The programme itself was mostly not particularly good, unless you wanted to play the 'spot the re-used clip' game, but the moas caught my attention. To be honest, they couldn't really help but catch my attention, though—as we'll see later—they would have been better off if they were a little less conspicuous. The latin name of the largest of the 11 known species—Dinornis giganteus—is translated (with a bit of licence) on the BBC site as 'giant surprising bird'. No kidding. Dinornis giganteus measured 2m to its back, and could weigh in at a hefty 200kg.
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