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Origin, Flood survival, 'evolution'
The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand, and the term is often used to describe a person from New Zealand.
The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand, and the term is often used to describe a person from New Zealand.
== Origins ==
According to the [[origins theory]] model used by [[creation science | creation scientists]], kiwis, like all flightless non [[aquatic]] birds, originated in the [[Middle East]] and are the descendants of two kiwis that were taken onto [[Noah's Ark]] prior to the [[Great Flood]].
Also according to creation science theories, after the Flood, kiwis bred from the Ark passengers [[migrate]]d to New Zealand. There is some debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="ag1">[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/migration.asp "How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia"], Answers In Genesis</ref> -- while New Zealand was still connected to the Middle East before the supercontinent of [[Pangea]] broke apart<ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2808 "Pangea and the Flood"], Apologetics Press</ref> -- or if they [[rafting (ecology) | floated there]] on mats of [[plants | vegetation]] torn up by the flood waters.
Biologists maintain that the modern species of kiwi [[Theory of Evolution | evolved]] from a common ancestral species over a period of millions of years<ref name="savekiwi">[http://www.savethekiwi.org.nz/AboutTheBird/TheKiwiFamily/How_Kiwi_Evolved.htm "How Kiwi Evolved"], Kiwi conservation project</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Flightless Birds]]
[[Category:Flightless Birds]]
[[Category:New Zealand]]
[[Category:New Zealand]]