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The absence of terrestrial predators allowed flightless parrots, kiwis and moas to thrive.

That has left the surplus native moa, forgotten, free to flourish.

So far, scientists have sequenced the genomes of about 20 extinct species, including a cave bear, passenger pigeon, and several types of mammoths and moas.

The researchers say these results suggest the Haast’s eagle killed moa and then ate their guts.

What’s particularly strange is that one of the terms that triggered deletion, “wu moa,” a derogatory term for users paid to defend CCP policies online, isn’t even censored in China.