World's biggest bird might have been as blind as a bat - Science Magazine

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World's biggest bird might have been as blind as a bat Science Magazine The world's biggest bird—which went extinct some 300 years ago—weighed half a ton and towered over lesser creatures in its home forests of Madagascar. Now, thanks to new evidence from skull scans, scientists think the 3.5-meter-tall elephant bird may ... Giant flightless birds were nocturnal and possibly blindEurekAlert (press release) all 10 news articles »