Comments on: New Moa Photos For Sale

By: Wisemen

Wisemen — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:59:12 +0000

It’s sad that people still dont understand the rights of a animal which in are books haven’t been physically recorded. This person had those photos and gave it away for a few bucks. If it is true you can bet some would be hunter will try to claim the beast for his trophy wall. This all before we can see the creature in its natural state. Good going photographer, lol the photo does look fake. Too well formed and no physical indentations or growth lines within the animal’s feet.

By: stormwalkernz1

stormwalkernz1 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:37:05 +0000

its annoying when sightings such as this do not go to the right sources for investigation but are used to make money.
As a New Zealand Cryptozoologist I heard nothing of this what so ever and probably would not have had a chance to examine the photos anyway.
This reeks of a hoax as the tracks are the wrong type and look very pukeko like if anything.

Tony Lucas
NZ Cryptozoologist
http://nzcryptozoologist0.tripod.com/

By: YourPTR!

YourPTR! — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:51:32 +0000

Never mind the footprints, I really want to see the Moa photos! I wonder if we will ever get the opportunity? I sure hope so and soon.

By: ithilien

ithilien — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:27:22 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with selling this photo, after all it is private property and it is up to the buyer to beware of hoaxes.
As far as it being looked at by “cryptozoologists”…what really can be proved from a photograph? You can’t tell size, scale, location or authenticity.
It’s (just) an image… Art.

By: sausage1

sausage1 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:27:12 +0000

This looks like it’s been made with a pastry cutter.

Very poor. I’ll offer 25p.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:11:59 +0000

As I wrote about after I investigated and interviewed Paddy Freaney who said he and other trampers saw a moa on January 20, 1993, on New Zealand’s South Island, there is not just one kind or size of moa. Medium-sized forms existed.

Bernard Heuvelmans also wrote about the varied sizes in “The Moa, a Fossil That May Still Thrive,” in his On the Track of Unknown Animals.

By: semillama

semillama — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:02:07 +0000

Even if the photos and prints are from a legitimate bird, the size of the print seems pretty small for Moa. A quick google search reveals the presence of Emus raised on farms in New Zealand, although that’s obviously not an Emu track. It also doesn’t match the foot structure of Moa.

Yeah, put this one in the dustbin.

By: Indrid C.

Indrid C. — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:41:59 +0000

This is straight out of a “Flight of the Conchords” episode. Assuming this is not a hoax (which is assuming a lot), some Kiwi just sold the rights to the biggest coup in zoology since the re-discovery of the coelacanth for the princely sum of $365 in New Zealand dollars. That’s $252.86 American. I wonder what “drgidge” intends to do with her new Moa pics?

By: CrimsonFox79

CrimsonFox79 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:56:01 +0000

I agree the track looks very fake, and it looks as though it is protruding out above ground rather than imprinted into the ground. The shadowing/lighting could just be weird but it looks like its coming outward instead of inward.

By: corrick

corrick — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:54:38 +0000

Two words about this sale.
Caveat Emptor