MAGNIFICENT MOA SKELETON
FIND IN A CAVE [Pee United Press Association.] PALMERSTON N., July 21. The Government (electrical engineer and the Acclimatisation Society’s ranger relate the discovery of a magnificent moa skeleton at Waikaremoana. They were exploring a route for liigh. tension wires last week, and came upon a ravine into which access could be gained only by ropes. In a dry cave, which had been blocked by a huge boulder, the explorers found a splen-didly-preserved skeleton which, when assembled, will show the bird’s height to have been 12ft Sin, The head alone has decayed. The discoverers surrounded the announcement of the find with much humorous detail, attaching a pig’s skull in place of the missing head, thereby mystifying amateur ornithologists. This valuable and interesting specimen has now been safely transported to Wairoa.
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Evening Star, Issue 18999, 22 July 1925, Page 2
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133MAGNIFICENT MOA SKELETON Evening Star, Issue 18999, 22 July 1925, Page 2
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