moa and other species (IMAGE)

Harvard University

moa and other species

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Little bush moa (third from left) are related to the ostrich, rhea, and tinamou. Wing bones are greatly reduced in ostrich and rhea and completely absent in moa. Ostrich, rhea and moa also have sternums with no keel, a hallmark of flightless birds. 

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Wren Lu

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