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