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Giant flying turkey once roamed Australia
« on: July 02, 2017, 11:19:41 am »
Giant flying turkey once roamed Australia
June 14, 2017
 

A giant, flying turkey as tall as a kangaroo once roamed Australia, palaeontologists said Wednesday, after an analysis of fossils and bones from around the country revealed five extinct bird species.

A team from Flinders University in South Australia said they were all chunky relatives of today's malleefowl and brush-turkeys.


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