Giant Moa

Giant Moa (Dinornis Terrible Bird)

2m Long

Australia: New Zealand 

Pleistocene-Modern (2 million years ago - 200 years ago)

Herbivore

Aves

'''The Giant Moa or Dinornis was probably the last of the Ice age mega beasts and the most harmless of them all, for the Giant Moa was merely a giant flightless chicken that ate plants, nuts and fruit. Because of how successful they were several different types had evolved on New Zealand but, when humans came along and saw them they viewed them as easy prey, so easy in fact they were driven to extinction in the 1800's for food. Before though Moa's were very peaceful creatures and with their size though there were very few things that could harm them however, the only one threat that truly scared them and that was Haast's Eagle or Harpagornis in scientific terms.'''

With their extinction being closer to our modern times than that off most other prehistoric beasts their remains have been difficult to locate and for some of those specimens that have been found they have become mummified and DNA retraction from those specimens is possible so it has been made as a candidate for the de-extinction project.