Pouākai - The World’s Largest Eagle

Until 150 years ago, European scientists believed the pouākai was just a myth. Today, Frank Film pays tribute to the world’s largest eagle that dominated the forested lands of the eastern South Island. By Frank Film It was a perfect but petrifying predator. A massive bird with hooked beak, talons like tigers’ claws and 3-metre wingspan, plummeting down at a speed of up to eighty kilometres an hour to attack its prey.