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Mortalitate Saltu, Dinornithidae, Abalone Haliotidae
South Bank of the Waitaki River Mouth, North Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Friday 27 September 2013, 11:38 am NZST
This gravel bank is one side of an ancient slaughter yard. At 150 acres one of the largest indigenous slaughter yards on the planet. It was here that groups of early Maori would gather and process the carcases of the now extinct giant Moa bird.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa)
The shells on the nadir are of our native abalone called Paua. The empty shells were picked up just around about here on the gravel bank. Ripped from their underwater rocky home, tossed high by tide and storm and left to lie empty in the bleaching sun.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paua)
Australia - New Zealand / New Zealand
Lat: 45° 57' 36.19" S
Long: 171° 8' 36.47" E
Elevation: 3.1m
Precision is: High. Pinpoints the exact spot.
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