Moa-nalo
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The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaiʻi itself, in the Pacific. They were the major herbivores on most of these islands until they became extinct after human settlement.
Moa-nalo
Reconstruction of Thambetochen xanion
Rostrum and sternum of Thambetochen xanion
A sapling of Cyanea platyphylla, showing the prickles that probably evolved as a defense against feeding by moa-nalo.
Maui
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The island of Maui is an island in the Hawaiian archipelago, its second-largest at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2). It is the 17th-largest in the United States. Maui is one of Maui County's five islands, along with Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, and Molokini.
Landsat satellite image of Maui. The small island to the southwest is Kahoʻolawe.
Maui (center right, with Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Kahoʻolawe to its left) as seen from the International Space Station
Looking into the Haleakalā crater
Volcanic rocks protrude on a Maui beach