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The
moa :
The
moa was a huge ostrich - like bird that used to live in New Zealand.
Like the elephant bird, it couldn't fly - it didn't even have a
trace of any wings. But it had very strong legs, ending in
four toes. When the first settlers came to New Zealand they found
the moa good to eat and easy to hunt So the moa ended up just
like the elephant bird - extinct.
The
tasmanian wolf :
Tasmanian
wolf lives in Tasmania. It is also called Tasmanian tiger. It had
a head like a wolf, tail like a dog, stripes on it's body like a
tiger and pouch like a kangaroo. They were about one meter long.
They lived in dens and hollow logs in the forest. They hunted during
the nights. They ate kangaroos small birds and animals. People hunted
them mainly because they sometimes killed sheep and chickens. They
are now extinct.
