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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Origin:
North Island, New Zealand
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

To get my photo taken in Mauritius, the home of another extinct cousin. But I am more than happy to take the long way there...

In 1505, Portuguese explorers discovered the island of Mauritius and the 20kg flightless Dodos which supplemented their food stores.  Imported pigs, monkeys and rats fed on the Dodo Bird's eggs in their ground nests. The last Dodo was killed in 1681.
 
The moa were eleven species of flightless birds native to New Zealand. The two largest species reached about 3.6m in height and weighed about 230 kg. They were the dominant herbivores in New Zealand's forest and subalpine regions, and until the arrival of the Maori were hunted only by the Haast Eagle, another extinct giant. It is generally considered that most species of moa died out due to over-hunting by Maori around 1820.

About This Item

Moa and Mower

Fourth trackable released into the wild. Set free with my very much alive cousin, The Flying Kiwi and also Figon and Sir China Dragon.

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Tracking History (31789.1mi) View Map

Visited 7/27/2013 kwtubbie took it to Church Micro 2616…Chilcomb Southern England, United Kingdom - 1.86 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/24/2013 kwtubbie took it to St Catherine's Gate (Itchen Navigation Series) Southern England, United Kingdom - .11 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/24/2013 kwtubbie took it to Viaduct View (Hampshire) Southern England, United Kingdom - 2.38 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/23/2013 kwtubbie took it to Hanging Around Southern England, United Kingdom - 80.23 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/20/2013 kwtubbie took it to Schnayle South West England, United Kingdom - .43 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/20/2013 kwtubbie took it to Off-Yer Trolley - The Underfleet South West England, United Kingdom - .35 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/20/2013 kwtubbie took it to The Seaton Labyrinth (Devon) South West England, United Kingdom - 29.46 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/18/2013 kwtubbie took it to Pieces of Eight 1: Churston Court South West England, United Kingdom - 103.77 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/16/2013 kwtubbie took it to Tree that Rocks Southern England, United Kingdom - 5.03 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 7/14/2013 kwtubbie grabbed it   Visit Log

Found this one with ButterflyGirl16 so had to grab it for my collection. Will move on soon, but not to Mauritius I'm afraid. TFTT

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