Vorombe titan named world’s largest ever bird
One species of bird weighed about 860 kg
Scientists have solved the riddle of the world’s largest bird.
A study released by British scientists suggested that one species of elephant bird was even larger than previously thought, with a specimen weighing an estimated 860 kg about the same as a fully grown giraffe
James Hansford, was lead author at the Zoological Society of London.
They couldn’t fly as they couldn’t have supported anywhere near their weight
In the study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, Mr. Hansford examined elephant bird bones found around the world, feeding their dimensions into a machine-learned algorithm to create a spread of expected animal sizes.
Named Vorombe titan Malagasy for “big bird” the creature would have stood at least three metres (10 feet) tall, and had an average weight of 650 kg.
One species of bird weighed about 860 kg
Scientists have solved the riddle of the world’s largest bird.
A study released by British scientists suggested that one species of elephant bird was even larger than previously thought, with a specimen weighing an estimated 860 kg about the same as a fully grown giraffe
James Hansford, was lead author at the Zoological Society of London.
They couldn’t fly as they couldn’t have supported anywhere near their weight
In the study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, Mr. Hansford examined elephant bird bones found around the world, feeding their dimensions into a machine-learned algorithm to create a spread of expected animal sizes.
Named Vorombe titan Malagasy for “big bird” the creature would have stood at least three metres (10 feet) tall, and had an average weight of 650 kg.