Re: The duck that ruled the world

["Ahmed al-Mahasa Sha'ad" <am_shaad@hotmail.com>]

Maybe this was not  obvious -   I was being sarcastic (i was thinking of tge 
reason give for dinosaurian extinction by one memeber) ;-)

Yes, man killed dromornids just as he did moas and elephantbirds (and dodo 
and great auk and etc etc etc )

:
> > It is a  shame that they (moas, dromornids) are extinct. I suppose little
> > mammals ate all the eggs.
>
> Actually it was big mammals, of the species Homo sapiens.  And it wasn't
> just the eggs: the eating of lots of adult females also contributed to
> their demise.
>
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> May the peace of God be with you.         sarima@ix.netcom.com

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