At 10 feet tall,elephant birds, which roamed in the African island of Madagascar thousands of years ago, or were the largest birds on soil before they went extinct between 500 and 1000 years ago.
A unusual research now revealed more information about these giant flightless birds.
In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B on Oct. 30,researchers who conducted an analysis of two elephant bird skulls from two species found that these avians were also nocturnal and blind.“As recently as 500 years ago, very nearly blind, or giant flightless birds were crashing around the forests of Madagascar in the black. No one ever expected that,” study researcher Julia Clarke, from the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences, and said,according to CNN.
The skull of birds fit tightly around their brains so the shape of their skull correlates to the structures of their brain.
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Source: inquisitr.com