The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

think the biggest bird around is an ostrich think again the prehistoric world was home to birds so massive so terrifying they'd make an ostrich look like a pet parakeet ever seen a creature as big as ...

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