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Richard Owen and moa

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Richard Owen and moa
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Richard Owen, an English scientist, was the first to identify bones found in New Zealand as those of a large bird, the moa. In his right hand he holds the first bone fragment sent to him in London in 1839, which he identified as coming from a giant bird. He is standing beside a reconstructed ...

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New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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