More on the Haast Eagle

[sbisson]

Following up my recent entry on the extinct Haast Eagle, the largest predator in New Zealand, I noted this BBC News article, which discusses recent research into its DNA. It turns out that the Haast Eagle, one of the largest flying birds ever, was directly related to one of the world's smallest - a whole order of magnitude smaller...

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The Third Age was long ago; and the film company could only just afford to send cameras through the Auckland time-gate (why do you think the film cost on the order 10^8 dollars?)

Bringing back something the mass of a capital "E" Eagle is out of the question, even if you could persuade one of them to come.