Paul Scofield of Canterbury Museum in Christchurch in New Zealand shows the femurs of male (right hand) and female giant moas.

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Paul Scofield is curator of vertebrate zoology in the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch in New Zealand. The scientist is showing femurs of giant moa birds, the smaller male in his right hand and the bigger female femur in his left hand. Paul Scofield ist Kurator für Wirbeltier-Zoologie im Canterbury-Museum in Christchurch in Neuseeland. Der Naturwissenschaftler zeigt in der rechten Hand den Oberschenkelknochen eine Riesenmoa-Männchens, in der linken Hand hält er den Oberschenkelknochen eines deutlich größeren Weibchens der gleichen Art.

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Size: 3401px × 5120px
Location: Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Roland Knauer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bird, bone, canterbury, curator, dinornis, evolution, femur, knochen, moa, museum, oberschenkel, palaeontology, paul, robustus, scofield, vogel