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Giant Flightless Birds May Have Sailed to Island on Floating Rafts
Original: Giant Flightless Birds May Have Sailed to a Volcanic Island on Floating Rafts of Vegetation
Giant flightless birds may have reached a remote volcanic island by drifting across the sea on floating rafts of vegetation, according to new research reported by science outlets. The finding challenges long-held assumptions that such birds, incapable of flight, could only have spread over land connections, and suggests ocean dispersal may explain how similar species colonised isolated islands.
Why now: New research proposing an unusual explanation for how flightless birds reached a volcanic island is being picked up by science media.
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Evidence
- Giant Flightless Birds May Have Sailed to a Volcanic Island on Floating Rafts of Vegetation · bioengineer.org
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