Thread: new Science investigations about Moa diet and their influence on the NZ Forests

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

... a good question to ask is how many eggs did a Moa lay and how often ? , perhaps look at the kiwi for some form of comparison . lets say there were as many Moa about as Deer now and that browsing was similar BUT could they breed fast enough to keep up once they started ending up in the hungi pit or gently roasted over the hot coals on a weekly biases , habitat disappearing from the fires , my guess is no....

Very good point. Never considered that. Mmmm.