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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Giant eagles once ruled the skies. They snatched human children, and shaped our evolution

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Giant eagles once ruled the skies. They snatched human children, and shaped our evolution

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

After the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit, giant birds became apex predators for tens of millions of years – and humans were among their prey.

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There are oral histories of children being taken by Haast’s eagle in New Zealand.

These birds were monsters that hunted people.

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