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    • Moa skeleton on black background.
    Rights: Kane Fleury/Otago Museum, CC BY-ND Published 27 September 2018 Size: 23 KB Referencing Hub media

    Moa likely carried their heads forward, similar to a kiwi. They could lift their heads to graze among trees as well as vegetation lower down.

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