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‘Lord of the Rings’ director wants to resurrect this giant bird

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson plans to spend millions on resurrecting a giant flightless bird that was hunted to extinction 500 years ago in New Zealand.

The 63-year-old believes it is possible to bring back the moa, at 3–4 metres once the tallest bird on Earth, centuries after the creature was killed off by Maori hunters.

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