MOA SKELETONS.
\ RICHEST FIND OF BONES. i J THIRTEEN DISTINCT TYPES. , t (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) WANGANUI, this day. When a few years ago ®°®° ope rty bones were discovered on tne F r of Mr. J. Todd, in the Makirikjn it was not anticipated that fuK ! turn out to be probably th jn of thoroughly well preserved : the Doulinioll - . , r „ seum authorities - The Wanganui Ml ' 3e "„ earthe d suffi- • later set to work a" t &nc mo a 5 cient bones reconstruct ■ skeletons, which m y rao re up-to-institution. recomdate the ™ aud they menced to w<M£ roiuarkable success, are meeting b in „ on hand to reeDOugh boneSd^cf^, con ® utv geema to have an almost - 1^ I^^Kup P l? of bones. The site inexhausfci tlie moas must have If m franped there in large numbers when they assembled either to drink or to escape from fires. JjK
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 7
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145MOA SKELETONS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 7
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