![This handout picture released on August 7, 2019 by the Flinders University shows the drawing by Dr. Brian Choo featuring a giant-sized Parrot. The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FLINDERS UNIVERSITY/ DR. BRIAN CHOO" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - NO ARCHIVE ---- DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION
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A drawing by Dr Brian Choo featuring the giant-sized Parrot. AFP / Flinders University / Dr Brian Choo
A drawing by Dr Brian Choo featuring the giant-sized Parrot. AFP / Flinders University / Dr Brian Choo
It has ceased to be: remains of 'Herculean' parrot, half the height of a human, are found in New Zealand
The bird would have stood about a metre tall and weighed up to 7 kilograms
Agence France Presse
07 August, 2019