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: a swift-running Australian ratite bird (Dromaius novae-hollandiae) with undeveloped wings that is smaller than the ostrich
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
The little bush moa, a giant avian species closely related to other flightless birds like the emu and ostrich, once roamed the dense grassland and forested regions of New Zealand, Scott Edwards, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University and author of the paper, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Scientists were able to reconstruct its genome by sequencing the ancient DNA and comparing it to a high-quality genome of the related emu.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Scores more—peacocks, geese, an emu—had to be culled.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
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Guinea pig farming, ostrich and emu farming, turtle farming, roadside zoos, petting zoos, all of these places where animals and humans are coming into close contact with each other.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
The little bush moa, a giant avian species closely related to other flightless birds like the emu and ostrich, once roamed the dense grassland and forested regions of New Zealand, Scott Edwards, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University and author of the paper, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Scientists were able to reconstruct its genome by sequencing the ancient DNA and comparing it to a high-quality genome of the related emu.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Scores more—peacocks, geese, an emu—had to be culled.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
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“Emu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emu. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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