[crystalk]

This shows that Australia was goosed long before it was peopled, but the bird's extinction at 50M BP does strongly suggest that humans fed upon it no matter what Murray says.

No doubt that is what led to its extinction at just that time.

What I am thinking of is, could it maybe be cloned back in France as a source of pate de foie gras?

[martin_fierro]

AUSTRALIAN FOR GOOSE, MATE

<|:)~

[Savage Beast]

I'll bet a flock of those megageese would make intruders think twice about breaking into the distilleries.

[bert]

I think that foie gras originated in Australia and the technology exported to France. The aussies need some support for things they developed by now lost populations and and sent to Europe.

[Dakmar]

I'd sure hate to wash my car after that thing flew over.

[Red Jones]

please tell me, where did you learn to quote a date as 50,000 BP, and what does it mean?

[Liz]

Oh darn, I thought this was a Clinton thread........

[jwfiv]

Sounds like we'd need one helluva big tin horn fer them mega-geese.

Grouchy critters, they are.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...found near Utopia, Australia...

This story sounds untrue. I doubt there'd be a connection between this flightless bird and the magpie goose. Plus, there's no locale in Australia known as 'Utopia'; not with a postcode, anyway. Regards, By.

[boris]

I thought it might be moose.

[ASDFGHJK]

[JohnLoyRocker]

I wish I had a web site so I could post a Homer Simpson "UMM BEER" voice saying "UMM GOOSE".

Tastes Great, Less Filling!

[Fabozz]

"And, like all geese, they would have been quite aggressive. You would have been wise to steer clear."

Mind you, goose bites can be pretty nasty.