A massive, partly fossilized egg laid by an extinct elephant bird has sold for more than $100,000 at a London auction. Christie’s auction house said the winning bidder paid $101,813 for the foot-long egg, nearly nine inches in diameter. Are elephant birds real? elephant bird, (family Aepyornithidae), any of several species of extinct giant flightless … Read more
Burt is an elephant. He spends his days eating peanuts. He drew many pictures in the episode Brush with Danger. He went to France in the episode Wishful Thinking. Is the elephant bird extinct? elephant bird, (family Aepyornithidae), any of several species of extinct giant flightless birds classified in the family Aepyornithidae and found as … Read more
A Giant Egg The eggs produced by elephant birds are the largest of any known species, with a capacity of up to 2 gallons, even exceeding dinosaur eggs in size! An elephant bird egg is large enough to hold the content of up to 7 ostrich eggs , 180 chicken eggs or 12,000 hummingbird eggs. … Read more
elephant bird , (family Aepyornithidae), any of several species of extinct giant flightless birds classified in the family Aepyornithidae and found as fossils in Pleistocene and Holocene deposits on the island of Madagascar. What killed the elephant bird? The huge elephant birds, the heaviest known birds to have ever walked this planet, once called Madagascar … Read more