The absence of mammals didn't mean that the moas had no enemies.

沒有哺乳動(dòng)物并不意味著沒有天敵

They hunted the moas for meat and soon they had hunted them to extinction.

他們捕食恐鳥 不久就造成了恐鳥的滅絕

The first human settlers on these islands saw these giants alive and called them moas.

島上的第一批人類定居者看到了 這些巨大的鳥 稱它們?yōu)榭著B

Most famous was the giant moa, which looked a bit like an ostrich, but taller than an elephant.

其中最出名的是恐鳥 它看起來有點(diǎn)像鴕鳥 但比大象還高

Its talons were certainly long enough to stab right through a moa's flesh and into its pelvis, as some of the bones show.

從部分骨骼中可以看出 它長長的爪子 可以直接刺穿恐鳥的身體 戳進(jìn)它的骨盆

The only prey that was abundant enough to sustain such a giant were other birds and it's probable that it was able to tackle even the biggest moa.

它體型巨大 只有靠獵食其他鳥類 才能維持身體所需的能量 巨鷹甚至能抓住體型最大的恐鳥