With no mammalian predators the fauna would have been long-living and slow at reproduction. The one on Fiji was probably approaching a meter high. It was adapted to eat very large fruit. Nothing like it exists today Bones of the various giant fauna have also been found in caves near Volivoli outside Sigatoka. Nearby sand dunes have already attracted international attention for signs of the earliest presence of people in Fiji.
Erosion is, however, destroying the human evidence.
Worthy says his finds were made in limestone caves. In one site the evidence suggested a deposit was formed by a crocodile-like animal up to 4 meters long, whose prey included giant birds. Between Suva and Nausori they have also located a jawbone of one of the crocodilian type animals. The project has yet to fully publish its data, but some of it was outlined early last month at the Pacific Science Congress in Sydney.