Haast’s Eagle is the largest known eagle to have ever existed. The largest of them could weigh 15 kg (33 lbs) and have a wingspan of up to 3 m (9.8 ft). They were so big because their prey on the south island of New Zealand was the flightless moa birds, who were also large – up to 230 kg (510 lbs). Haast’s Eagle went extinct in New Zealand around 1400. Not because of humans – or at least, not directly. The first Māori hunted moas into extinction, and without their main food source, Haast’s Eagles quickly followed.
27 fevereiro 2017
Haast’s Eagle is the largest known eagle to have ever...
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