The moa :
The
moa was a huge ostrich - like bird that used to live in New Zealand.
Like the elephant bird, it couldn't fly - it didn't even have a trace
of any wings. But it had very strong legs, ending in four toes.
When the first settlers came to New Zealand they found the moa
good to eat and easy to hunt So the moa ended up just like the
elephant bird -extinct.
The tasmanian wolf
:
Tasmanian
wolf lives in Tasmania. It is also called Tasmanian tiger. It had
a head like a wolf, tail like a dog, stripes on it's body like a tiger
and pouch like a kangaroo. They were about one meter long. They lived
in dens and hollow logs in the forest. They hunted during the nights.
They ate kangaroos small birds and animals. People hunted them mainly
because they sometimes killed sheep and chickens. They are now extinct.
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