http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/09/14/1718211/Maori-Legend-of-Man-Eating-Birds-is-True?from=rss
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597177
Legends of the New Zealand Maori tell of giant man-eating birds. New scientific evidence proves that these birds did exist and were around the same time as humans in New Zealand. From the article, ‘Scientists now think the stories handed down by word of mouth and depicted in rock drawings refer to Haast’s eagle, a raptor that became extinct just 500 years ago.’
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Wow, so the legend has a basis in fact. How much other wisdom has been lost? Think the Firefox collection. Argh!
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