American Museum of Natural History - It's time for Megafauna Monday! Meet the Giant Elephant Bird (Aepyornis maximus). This bird may have weighed as much as 230 kilograms (500 pounds), with eggs
![NHM at Tring on Twitter: "#WipedOutWildlife The Elephant Bird went extinct around the 17th /18th century. It was the biggest bird to ever exist. These animals lived on Madagascar and likely ate NHM at Tring on Twitter: "#WipedOutWildlife The Elephant Bird went extinct around the 17th /18th century. It was the biggest bird to ever exist. These animals lived on Madagascar and likely ate](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOxHuAPXEAA1-_b.jpg:large)
NHM at Tring on Twitter: "#WipedOutWildlife The Elephant Bird went extinct around the 17th /18th century. It was the biggest bird to ever exist. These animals lived on Madagascar and likely ate
![The elephant bird of Madagascar. The largest bird that ever lived until its extinction estimated at about 1000 years ago. Recent enough that there are some eggs, held in museums, with the The elephant bird of Madagascar. The largest bird that ever lived until its extinction estimated at about 1000 years ago. Recent enough that there are some eggs, held in museums, with the](https://preview.redd.it/dk6nhads9j651.jpg?auto=webp&s=087b7f4cde12bc3a4d02aae30d75aeea2c5372df)