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Australia's extinct giant eagle was big enough to snatch koalas from trees

  • Written by: Ellen K. Mather, Adjunct associate lecturer, Flinders University
Australia's extinct giant eagle was big enough to snatch koalas from treesDynatoaetus gaffae was twice the size of the wedge-tailed eagle we know today.Mike Lee

The year is 1959. Speleologists descend a 17-metre shaft to explore the depths of Mairs Cave in the southern Flinders Ranges. Some 55 metres into the main chamber, they find fossils scattered throughout a boulder pile. Among these fossils are a claw and part of a...

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