They did? I need only step into my back yard to see birds and lizards.
> remarkably common event
Probably not normally distributed but depends on the age of a given galaxy. But indeed, it does look like they are not super uncommon in our neighborhood.
- "'[Haast's] eagle had the possibility to hunt people,' Joanne says. 'It's hard to imagine a bird in that role but if it could successfully hunt a 250kg moa, then 80kg humans were possibly on the menu. There is oral tradition which suggests it was the case.'"
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/worlds-lar...
What? People have been imagining birds in that role for as long as there have been people.
Has Joanne never heard of rocs?
Do they have to fly? Have you ever meet Ostrich or Rheas?
(Protip: Keep your fingers, food and everything shinny hidden. They will not eat your fingers, but I can't guaranty that.)
A giant Ostrich would make me very afraid, but the giant versions are extint.
PS: Goose are smaller but very mean. I'd be even more afraid of a giant goose if they were real.