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A reconstruction of a female coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus), also called the broad-billed or stout-legged moa, built for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 2006. [x]

Adult females of this species could be over twice the size of adult males. Individuals from the southern part of the country were larger and more robust than those from the north.

This moa species also had an elongated windpipe similar to some modern-day swans and cranes, suggesting it could make loud, resonating calls: "The windpipe included a loop up to one metre long that ran downwards inside the left side of the body, and across to the other side before it doubled back on itself to the breast and into the lungs." [x]

Simulated call of a coastal moa:

Result from the Dinosaur Park Formation #paleostream! This formation was on the wheel from the start and I anticipated and dreaded it at the same time. As one of the most famous dinosaur bearing formations this piece offered several challenges.

The major issue is that we have so much megafauna here. The way we eventually brought at least a few of them into the same frame was by having a migrating herd of Centrosaurus coming by a bunch of hadrosaurs licking salt from steep shorelines in this oxbow lake.

To reduce at least a little the amount of fauna to take into account we limited ourselves to the upper portion of the lower member of this formation. This graphic by discord member Vidax came in handy. The Dinosaur Park formation preserves the remnants of a large river system (more than 100 m wide) that once flew into the WIS. I imagine this piece to take place in the mid portion where the river meanders a lot. One would expect lots of sidearms and oxbow lakes to form here.

This piece wasn't as full as last weeks Las Hoyas but I also didn't want to burden the composition to much by cramming several more herds in here or pile up small fauna in the foreground. As you can see in these size charts by Montana, there is a lot to play with.

Presenting

My prediction for episode 7. He'll be fine guys no worries.

Double Edit:

After some back and forth and looking around some more, turns out this probably counts as fair use after all and I don't have to worry about the CC license coming for my ass. So, with that in mind, once more:

jotaro learns about pokeyman

bonus:

you play it while walking around with friends and if you see something and don't know what it is or wonder why its there, you stop and point and say Hey What Is That Thing. and everyone speculates about it. googling it is allowed but preferably after spending several minutes guessing or asking a passerby about it

weird structures, ambiguous signs, unfamiliar car modifications, anything that you can't immediately understand its function. eight times out of ten, someone in the group actually knows, and now you know!

a few examples from me and my friends the past few weeks: "why is there a piece of plywood sticking out of that pond in a way that looks intentional?" (its a ramp so squirrels that fall in to the pond can climb out) • "my boss keeps insisting i take a vacation of nine days or more, thats so specific" (you work at a bank, banks make employees take vacation in long chunks so if youre stealing or committing fraud, itll be more obvious) • "why does this brick wall have random wooden blocks in it" (theres actually several reasons why this could be but we asked and it was so you could nail stuff to the wall) • "most of these old factories we drive past have tinted windows, was that just for style?" (fun fact the factory owners realized that blue light keeps people awake, much like screen light does now, so they tinted the windows blue to keep workers alert and make them work longer hours)