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Mystery of the Giant Birds

Mystery of the Giant Birds

2025 · ★ 9.0 · Documentary

Scientists discover through DNA that giant flightless birds like Madagascar's Elephant Birds & New Zealand's Moas didn't reach islands via continental drift as thought, but have a surprising evolutionary story of how they got there.

Directed by Bertrand Loyer

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