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Cheeky
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Us. They basically tried to beat pursuit predation by outrunning the distance humans will be willing to track over.
It did not work, they went extinct in North America because of how much it did not work.
Large predatory flightless birds probably didn't help either.
Ah, sweet home Caelid
"What are those? I know predatory and flightless birds, but both?"
I have looked it up before posting, I learned something new today.
They are known as terror birds. Think of a ten foot tall ostrich with a flesh tearing beak like an eagle.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae