SKELETON OF MOA.
DISCOVERY IN A CAVE. BIRD TWELVE FEET HIGH. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston North, Last Night. A 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 high tension wires last week and came upon a ravine into which access could only be gained by ropes. In a dry cave which had been blocked by a huge boulder the explorers found a splendidly preserved skeleton, which when assembled will show the bird’s height to have been I'2 feet 9 inches. The head alone has decayed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1925, Page 7
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101SKELETON OF MOA. Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1925, Page 7
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