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Asked by anon-373817 to Will, Eloise, Ashley H on 10 Nov 2023.
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Eloise Greenwood answered on 10 Nov 2023: last edited 10 Nov 2023 7:25 am
The biggest bird is the common ostrich! It can grow to be 9 feet / 2.7m tall! Considering I am only 5ft 3 I do not think I would want to come face to face with one.
Did you also know the world’s fastest bird is a peregrine falcon it has a diving speed of over 300 km/h (190 mph). So if a cheetah and a peregrine falcon were to have a race the bird would win.
Birds are very interesting and important – did you also know many dinosaurs actually are thought to have had bird characteristics e.g. they had feathers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaWb0UUNc00 – here is an interesting video to watch!
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Octavia commented on :
Eloise is right about ostriches- they’re huge! The largest birds that ever lived are the elephant birds of Madagascar, which became extinct around 1,000 years ago. The largest species among these was Vorombe titan (“big bird” in Malagasy and Greek), which stood as tall as 3 metres. It is estimated to have weighed as much as 860 kilograms (1,895 pounds 15 ounces) – with an average weight of 642.9 kilograms (1,417 pounds 5 ounces)!