Re: [dinosaur] *Heracles inexpectatus*, giant parrot from the Miocene of NZ

Dann Pigdon <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.science.dinosaurs.general
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On Thu, Aug 8th, 2019 at 11:59 AM, Tim Williams <[email protected]> wrote:

> As mentioned above (by Mike Archer), _Nestor notabilis_ (the kea) will
> feed on live sheep.  One hypothesis is that the kea formerly fed on
> moa in the same way.

An episode of "The Life of Birds" showed keas preying on shearwater chicks:

 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bbc.co.uk_programmes_p00m7qq1&d=DwIDAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=-vWkDTAF11B1JE4yd-ybve5AJFO8niplCaa7NTp4kfg&s=tT05eCjXu_fvF3FH4d3-_QAlaoek9909S6NL00z6IpE&e=  

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Dann Pigdon
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