[DOC] [TLE] Rare & Extinct Creatures - Moa & Elephant Bird - the messybeast [PAR] The Elephant Bird (Aepyornis maximus) inhabited the island of Madagascar, off 
the eastern coast of Africa. ... They stood 10 ft (3 metres) tall and weighed 
approximately 1000 lbs (455 kg); although some .... to believe that they lived on 
till within the last five hundred or four hundred years, if not to a considerably later 
date. [DOC] [TLE] Elephant bird - Wikipedia [PAR] Elephant birds are members of the extinct family Aepyornithidae. Elephant birds 
were large to enormous flightless birds that once lived on the island of 
Madagascar. ... Aepyornis, believed to have been more than 3 m (9.8 ft) tall and 
weighing ... Island eggshells are considered to belong to extinct North African 
birds that may... [DOC] [TLE] Smallest Bird, Largest Bird, Fastest Bird, Slowest Bird | Birds of a ... [PAR] Smallest Bird of Prey The black-legged falconet ( Micrphierax fringlius ) of ... 
Males weigh 20-27 pounds and have a wingspan of at least 10 feet. .... The home 
of the Elephant Bird was the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa. 
... When the Maori people moved to New Zealand over 1,000 years ago, they... [DOC] [TLE] Madagascar Endangered Species Handbook [PAR] Imagine an island more than 1,000 miles long in a blue tropical ocean. ... an 
Ostrich, but is far more massive in build, weighing 1,000 pounds (Feduccia 1996)
. ... Madagascar was attached to eastern Africa and what is now peninsular India. 
... tenrec ancestors and possibly an early form of elephant birds may have lived 
on... [DOC] [TLE] facts about birds - Facebook [PAR] Males weigh 20-27 pounds and have a wingspan of at least 10 feet. .... The home 
of the Elephant Bird was the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa. 
... The last of the moa (the smaller species) lived on the South Island of New ... 
When the Maori people moved to New Zealand over 1,000 years ago, they... [DOC] [TLE] David Attenborough and the mystery of the elephant bird - Telegraph [PAR] Dec 19, 2010 ... The largest bird to ever live on the planet was driven to extinction by humans ... 
Sir David has returned to the island off the east coast of Africa for a new ... The 
egg was laid by an elephant bird, which were more than 10 feet tall and weighed 
... the birds were still present on the island around 1,000 years ago. [DOC] [TLE] Elephant Bird Facts - extinct animal facts [PAR] Elephant Bird - A list of interesting facts about this now extinct huge bird that once 
... The Elephant Bird, that inhabited the island of Madagascar off the coast of 
Africa, ... The Elephant Bird's weight was approximately 1,000 pounds (455 
Kilograms). ... mid-1600s and it is widely believed it became extinct before the 
year 1700. [DOC] [TLE] Rare & Extinct Creatures - Moa & Elephant Bird | Birds | Pinterest ... [PAR] Rare & Extinct Creatures - Moa & Elephant Bird | Ver ms sobre Madagascar, 
Elefantes ... maximus) inhabited the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast 
of Africa. ... extinct in historical times--that is, within the last six or seven hundred 
years. ... bird (Aepyornis maximus) may have weighed as much as 1,000 pounds 
and... [DOC] [TLE] SEVENTEEN THE GOLDEN AGE THAT NEVER WAS - The rise and ... [PAR] While the moas are New Zealand's most famous extinct birds, many others have 
.... Captain Bligh lived undetected on Pitcairn for eighteen years until the island 
was ... farming, and fishing, and linked to the East African coast by Muslim traders
. ... species of flightless birds up to 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,000 pounds,... [DOC] [TLE] Elephant Bird | ... of the aepyornis extinct since the 17th century ... [PAR] The most famous fossil is the partial skeleton named Lucy (3.2 million years ..... 
The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the 
island of Mauritius, east of ... This bird lived east of Madagascar in the

Question: Extinct for hundreds of years, the elephant bird weighed 1,000 pounds & lived on this east African island
Answer: Madagascar