Discover Me Tag The Giant Moa

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Owner:
G.R.O.W. Send Message to Owner Message this owner
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

Retrieve It from a Cache 7/13/2013 ButterflyGirl16 retrieved it from A Very Worthy Cache Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

It was a very hot day when we found this one.
Dropped Off 6/28/2013 lejog placed it in A Very Worthy Cache Southern England, United Kingdom - 11.46 miles  Visit Log
  • Winnall Moors Nature Reserve
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/27/2013 lejog retrieved it from Trappes-Lomax Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

We will move along soon
Dropped Off 6/1/2013 Garner family placed it in Trappes-Lomax Southern England, United Kingdom - 25.17 miles  Visit Log

Dropped in Trappes-Lomax
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 6/1/2013 Garner family grabbed it   Visit Log

Took from a cache that it was not logged in!
Discovered It 6/1/2013 Garner family discovered it   Visit Log

Found this TB in a cache but it was not logged will move on
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/29/2013 Hurigan retrieved it from Ambia's Cache Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Not going to the way of the Dodo, yet, but will drop of somewhere else.
Dropped Off 5/26/2013 TheJiveMaster placed it in Ambia's Cache Southern England, United Kingdom - 104.08 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/24/2013 TheJiveMaster retrieved it from Mini Cacher's First Cache South West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

We found this whilst we were on holiday in South Devon. We are now back in Hampshire and will place it in a cache near to here.
Dropped Off 4/24/2013 Evil Edna placed it in Mini Cacher's First Cache South West England, United Kingdom - 135.91 miles  Visit Log
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