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minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 months agoLarge predatory flightless birds probably didn’t help either.
minus-squareDutczar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months ago“What are those? I know predatory and flightless birds, but both?” I have looked it up before posting, I learned something new today.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThey are known as terror birds. Think of a ten foot tall ostrich with a flesh tearing beak like an eagle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae
Large predatory flightless birds probably didn’t help either.
Ah, sweet home Caelid
“What are those? I know predatory and flightless birds, but both?”
I have looked it up before posting, I learned something new today.
They are known as terror birds. Think of a ten foot tall ostrich with a flesh tearing beak like an eagle.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae