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Behind the scenes of Te Taiao | Nature

Watch: Making the Haast’s eagle, pouākai

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Model maker Jake Yocum and curator vertebrates Alan Tennyson explain the science and process that went into recreating a full-size model of the huge extinct Haast’s eagle, pouākai.

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