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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 11/17/2018 christyotwisty took it to Crosby Cache Washington - .43 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/17/2018 christyotwisty took it to International Crossroads Washington - 2.01 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/17/2018 christyotwisty took it to Carpe Librum Washington - 45.43 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/16/2018 christyotwisty took it to Retain to Create Washington   Visit Log
Visited 11/16/2018 christyotwisty took it to Retain to Create Washington - 2,327.62 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/15/2018 christyotwisty took it to In Search of the Holy Quail Washington - 7.24 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/13/2018 christyotwisty took it to Bothell Preservation Walk Washington - 883.04 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/13/2018 christyotwisty took it to Nick’s Bike Cache Washington - 883.09 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/13/2018 christyotwisty retrieved it from Working in a Gold Mine Alaska   Visit Log

From Stepping on Town Gown Loop

Write note 10/12/2018 davidaknz posted a note for it   Visit Log

I did not see this TB today in the cache, "Working in a Gold Mine." It was probably picked up over the past few months by a cacher on a food coma while on an Alaskan cruise. Perhaps it should be marked as missing.

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