The Elephant Bird

The Elephant Bird is considered to be the biggest bird that has walked the face of this earth. It is considered to be the inspiration behind the Roc that terrorized Sinbad. It is now extinct but not much is known of it.
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Dr. K Well, fossils tell us that the cretozoic Terror Bird of modern Patagonia was also a ruminant, although it was a carnivore.
Slightly larger in size, its skeleton is remarkably similar and
it is often thought to be related to the elephant bird. Sadly, today,
the only giant birds remaining are the cassowary, ostrich, rhea,
and emu.
4/9/2008
Natalie cool. what more big birds were there? 4/9/2008
Dr. K The elephant bird was one of the few bird species to have been a ruminant. Basically foraging and regurgitating its food later to chew
it for digestion in its second stomach. This avian anomaly is thought
to have helped cause its extinction as it limited its food sources.
The colonial powers sought to suppress rebellious tribes by destroying crops and, inadvertently, the indiginous nuts and fruit
which the elephant bird was in fact limited to.
This was no mere oversized ostrich.
4/9/2008
matt you are good 4/6/2008
peter bowler I am an elephant bird 3/3/2008
sportsgirl Yes I too heard that they had pretty huge cl. its
I too want to meet up with you PHD in elephant, at Sam scotts house...
3/3/2008
elephantman.fuc cool, thought so. i think we should meet up soon PHD in elephant. id like that. ba. be. i like how elephant birds had huge cl. its. 3/3/2008
PHD in elephant It is true, the French came over and pillaged all of the elephant birds... even the women and children elephants.. the swines 3/3/2008
elephantman.fuc i think they were killed by french people 3/3/2008
sarah how was the elephant bird extinct? 2/10/2008
sportsgirl do u know why elephant bird became extinct
1/10/2008
sportswoman do u know what is elephant bird 1/10/2008
Angleica where are the pics for the elephant bird?!! 9/30/2007
summer yo 5/29/2007
brabbit a you on?
3/16/2007
noelle how did you know about the elephant bird and are they extict 2/9/2007
dec have you done your homework yet igg8 1/31/2007
dec yea im on 1/31/2007
45 sup! 1/30/2007
homie i love this bird 1/30/2007
bigfoot i m blig bling coolio dude! 1/30/2007
bling bling i like the elephant birds they r cool! i m a nerd! sike! 1/30/2007
megan where do they live? 1/30/2007
bling bling whats up peeps! 1/30/2007
haley i like the information about the elephant bird!
1/30/2007
aye-aye i think that the elephant birds are cool and the person who made this article needs to add more info to it because i like this!
1/30/2007
keke i love the elephant birds they r cool!! : ) 1/30/2007
bebe hey yaw!
1/30/2007
nobacko we need more info! 1/30/2007
bebe i think that elephants r cool!
1/30/2007
bri i love birds! 1/30/2007
amiee bucks whats up homiee!
1/30/2007
bry HI 1/30/2007
meme i like birds!
1/30/2007
IG88 Randle El i cant wait till you come to my new house 1/30/2007
bry whats up 1/30/2007
marty\ i think that the elephant bird is really cool! 1/30/2007
IG88 I'm Moving 1/29/2007
IG88 Whats Up 1/29/2007
MEME HELP ME THE ELEPHANT BIRDS ARE ATTCKING ME HELP!!!! 1/29/2007
hello Brooke i think they should take the intact eggs and try to clone one of them they should be very carful and try to not use up all the eggs they have but if they could clone a few maybe then they could bring the species back, but to clone these birds they are going to have to have a prity welthy sponser because cloning is expensive 1/29/2007
peace! I thought that the article was decent! Although it would be a lot better if you would include on how the elephant bird became extinct. Also if you would include if it resulted in any other animal to become extinct or even endangered. It wiould be a lot more interesting, and understanding. i think that would make the article more likely to be read. Those are my comments. I like the article overall! GOOD JOB!!! 1/29/2007
bling bling i love elephant birds!!!!!! peace out
1/29/2007
hang 10 sweet ride 1/29/2007
chris i think that they should have another page for the elephant birds because the kids really like them!
also they should have games on the pages
when they made the pages kids loved learning about this animal because they are really interesting to learn about even i like them!
there so cool and awesome!
1/29/2007
fergie the elephant birds are so like cool!!!! i think you need to get more info so we can get more info because some people like to have more info!!!!!! 1/29/2007
dagg It terrorerized sinbad the sailor haha 1/29/2007
fbnf elephant birds are big appes 1/29/2007
nvuvuvj Too Cool To be true 1/29/2007
g money! i think that the elephant birds are really cool and that i cant believe that they have golden eggs! 1/29/2007
sup,g your a hillbilly!!!!! 1/29/2007
farmer brown hey yaw! i am a hillbilly! 1/29/2007
6574 WooW!1!! 1/29/2007
hfbuhfhvgbj Awesome 1/29/2007
bribri I love elephants peace!
1/29/2007
sdh whats up 1/29/2007
homie,g hey, sup? 1/29/2007
bongquisha hey homies! 1/29/2007
ewrwert I have no idea why i am on here
1/29/2007
brooke i love this bird!!!!!! 1/29/2007
ami i think that the elephant birds are really cool! 1/29/2007
Anonyme =O Good site =D Youre helping me with my homework xD
Tnx a lot!!!
1/25/2007
brooke i like the eleaphant bird 1/19/2007
ami i think that when the elephant birds is that the biggest bird that walked on this earth i was astonished 1/19/2007
Jodi I thought that the article was decent! Although it would be a lot better if you would include on how the elephant bird became extinct. Also if you would include if it resulted in any other animal to become extinct or even endangered. It wiould be a lot more interesting, and understanding. i think that would make the article more likely to be read. Those are my comments. I like the article overall! GOOD JOB!!! 10/15/2006
Stella It is a very interesting story! 6/7/2006
No name please I think u r ttly making this thing up 5/21/2006
anonamis good 2/27/2006
nicholas I think this is fun. 11/29/2005
Aaron i think it is good.because i like birds.
10/25/2005
Chen Calderon why was the elephant bird extinct? 10/13/2005
toad elephants and birds combined? sounds fishy! 9/19/2005
Brooke i think they should take the intact eggs and try to clone one of them they should be very carful and try to not use up all the eggs they have but if they could clone a few maybe then they could bring the species back, but to clone these birds they are going to have to have a prity welthy sponser because cloning is expensive 9/2/2005
herman How Do Elephant Birds Survive? 4/27/2005
unknown I think they should have listed more dates about the elephant bird 3/18/2005
yee ting i think this info is too long for my project work 3/14/2005
-Amber I think that they should clone the animals so that they can live again. Although they should be very wise to the animals they choose to clone. It will help prevent extinction, i believe anyway. 1/26/2005
;klh it gave me not enough info 11/23/2004
george hishemh back
11/8/2004
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