moa

The absence of mammals didn't mean that the moas had no enemies.

没有哺乳动物并不意味着没有天敌

They hunted the moas for meat and soon they had hunted them to extinction.

他们捕食恐鸟 不久就造成了恐鸟的灭绝

The first human settlers on these islands saw these giants alive and called them moas.

岛上的第一批人类定居者看到了 这些巨大的鸟 称它们为恐鸟

Most famous was the giant moa, which looked a bit like an ostrich, but taller than an elephant.

其中最出名的是恐鸟 它看起来有点像鸵鸟 但比大象还高

Its talons were certainly long enough to stab right through a moa's flesh and into its pelvis, as some of the bones show.

从部分骨骼中可以看出 它长长的爪子 可以直接刺穿恐鸟的身体 戳进它的骨盆

The only prey that was abundant enough to sustain such a giant were other birds and it's probable that it was able to tackle even the biggest moa.

它体型巨大 只有靠猎食其他鸟类 才能维持身体所需的能量 巨鹰甚至能抓住体型最大的恐鸟