Thread: Redundant Calibres

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

The top one is a spiker, we can tell because it has not formed a coronet. Often there is longer hair growing over the future coronet suture, masking the position of the forming coronet. The lower one - a 2yr old has a coronet from previously casting his spikes. Looks like he damaged his soft tops a while ago and they have subsequently grown bent. No beys, short brows and narrow so likely never going to amount to much.

Why I didn't think he was a spiker was because of his stature and he had tusks that were stained. But you are correct. Now I look he hasn't formed coronets:

Originally Posted by Tahr

Why I didn't think he was a spiker was because of his stature and he had tusks that were stained. But you are correct. Now I look he hasn't formed coronets:

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Oh well, next NZDA Notornis discoverer's trophy in 7 yrs