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> Hi All,
>
> A 3-page story about this or a similar fossil find was featured in New =
> Scientist in the edition of 27 May, 2000.
>
> The story's details vary slightly from those quoted in Alastair's post; =
> the birds in the New Scientist story were estimated to have weighted =
> around 300 kilograms and to have been 15 million years old. However the =
> birds lived on the continent from at least 24 million years ago until =
> about 50 000 years ago, and it's to be expected that individuals would =
> have different weights, so I expect it's the same find that's now =
> getting some publicity through the NT museum.
>
> It's an excellent article in New Scientist, written by Stephanie Pain, =
> and complete with photos of fossils and an artist's reconstruction of =
> the bird, Bullockornis planei. One exciting aspect of the discovery was =
> finding a perfect brain-cast. It is most unusual to find fossil evidence =
> about soft body parts.
>
> It seems likely that the bird was carnivorous as it had a massive, =
> nutcracker-like beak; however there's a chance it simply had to crack =
> some massive nuts.
>
> Any non-subscriber to New Scientist who's interested in reading the full =
> article, titled, "The Demon Duck of Doom" (!) can search the journal's =
> archives for free by registering for a 7-day trial, at =
> www.newscientist.com
>
> Judie Peet
> (The only thing certain about bird watching is that nothing's certain!)
>
>
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A 3-page story about this or a =
> similar fossil
> find was featured in <EM>New</EM> <EM>Scientist</EM> in the edition of =
> 27 May,
> 2000.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The story's details vary =
> slightly from those
> quoted in Alastair's post; the birds in the <EM>New</EM> =
> <EM>Scientist</EM>
> story were estimated to have weighted around 300 kilograms and to have =
> been 15
> million years old. However the birds lived on the continent from at =
> least 24
> million years ago until about 50 000 years ago, and it's to be expected =
> that
> individuals would have different weights, so I expect it's the same find =
> that's
> now getting some publicity through the NT museum.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It's an excellent article in =
> <EM>New</EM>
> <EM>Scientist</EM>, written by Stephanie Pain, and complete with photos =
> of
> fossils and an artist's reconstruction of the bird, =
> <EM>Bullockornis</EM>
> <EM>planei</EM>. One exciting aspect of the discovery was finding a =
> perfect
> brain-cast. It is most unusual to find fossil evidence about soft =
> body
> parts.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It seems likely that the bird was =
> carnivorous as it
> had a massive, nutcracker-like beak; however there's a chance it =
> simply had
> to crack some massive nuts.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any non-subscriber to New Scientist
> who's interested in reading the full article, titled, "The Demon =
> Duck of
> Doom" (!) can search the journal's archives for free by registering for =
> a 7-day
> trial, at <A =
> href=3D"http://www.newscientist.com";>www.newscientist.com</A>
> </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Judie Peet</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(The only thing certain about bird =
> watching is that
> nothing's certain!)</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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