[ad_1] The islands breed strange animals. Isolated from the rest of the world, these ecosystems often produce creatures specially adapted to their particular environment. Nations like Madagascar and New Zealand can thus …
Read More »Elephant birds were blind, nocturnal and larger than Big Bird
[ad_1] (CNN) – You may have thought that Big Bird was incredibly gigantic, but it's still not the biggest bird to have ever walked on Earth. This honor goes to the elephant …
Read More »Elephant birds were blind, nocturnal and larger than Big Bird
[ad_1] For reference, Big Bird's "Sesame Street" stands at 8 feet, 2 inches. New research suggests that giant birds unable to fly, which died out between 500 and 1,000 years ago, were …
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