Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Mother of all geese

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Dasornis, an enormous relative of geese lived 50 million years ago in southern England. It had a 17-foot wingspan and teeth-like structures on its beak. It soared over the waves much like an albatross. I wonder what the white meat tasted like.


Image courtesy of Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum.

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