#notbuiltforspeedbut — Public Fediverse posts
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'After 1898, hunters and settlers continued to report sightings of large blue-and-green birds, described as "giant pukakis" (pūkeko or Australasian swamphens); one group chased but could not catch a bird "the size of a goose, with blue-green feathers and the speed of a racehorse".'
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takah%C4%93
I can just imagine the hunters trying to explain on their return that no, they had not managed to catch this bird, despite it being both chonky and unable to fly. It ran *really* fast, all right?
#birds #takahe #NotBuiltForSpeedBUT -
'After 1898, hunters and settlers continued to report sightings of large blue-and-green birds, described as "giant pukakis" (pūkeko or Australasian swamphens); one group chased but could not catch a bird "the size of a goose, with blue-green feathers and the speed of a racehorse".'
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takah%C4%93
I can just imagine the hunters trying to explain on their return that no, they had not managed to catch this bird, despite it being both chonky and unable to fly. It ran *really* fast, all right?
#birds #takahe #NotBuiltForSpeedBUT