hehe lolz i love its expression!

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A very curious bird, it came over to see my camera. Pretty, and has a funky hairstyle!

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yes i agree

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cool! pretty eye. awesome picture

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Wonderful detail

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I see it was just as curious about you as it was about me.

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Yes, such a lovely natured bird!

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Ah, now this is an interesting & fun photo to look at!

As Wikipedia explains, these guys are the only living kin of the once feared Phorusrhacids (a.k.a. 'Terror Birds' ) of South America. These animals were among the top predators of South American until the land bridge was formed linking North America with it's southern sister continent. When this happened, fauna from both continents migrated between land masses. (southern U.S.'s signature armadillos are one such relic from this event. Their roots are found in S.America.)

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Along with these giant predatory birds were large carnivorous marsupials analogous to those of Australia. However, while both carnivorous mammals & herbivorous mammals in Australia were marsupial, South America's herbivores were not marsupials but instead placental ungulates (hoofed mammals).
I don't know if it's been officially decided what killed off these large birds. Some speculate competition with placental carnivores may have killed of the group, but while I feel it had an impact, I'm slightly dubious it would have been what actually erased them from existence.
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Wow, that's really really interesting, thank you! A pity you can't name comments for DDs. Who'd have thought that this guy would once have chewed my leg off?

Thanks hon!

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