The last of the elephant birds became extinct about 300 years ago.

These earlier accounts are today believed to describe elephant birds.

The extinction of the elephant bird is attributed to human activity.

Here, the producers had been told that remains of elephant bird eggs could still be found.

Madagascar was once home to the now extinct elephant birds.

Horton eventually falls for her and she becomes the mother of the elephant bird in the end.

These islands are not thought to have been connected to mainland Africa when elephant birds were alive.

Elephant birds are an extinct family of birds which can not fly.

"Elephant Bird eggs are extremely rare and this is the biggest one we have ever seen.

It belongs to the single family in the elephant bird order, Aepyornithiformes.

One of the world's most unbelievable yet quite real creatures, the elephant bird, may well have been done in by its sheer obviousness.

In the end, the two become a couple and decide to team together in order to give the elephant bird a proper upbringing.

In the finale of the musical, Horton's egg hatches into an elephant bird.

The elephant bird, among the largest birds ever, formerly living on Madagascar (extinct).

It's tricky reassembling fragments of an elephant bird egg.

The largest birds of all time might have been the elephant birds of Madagascar.

Most of them, including the largest, Moas and Elephant birds, are now extinct.

Madagascar's giant, flightless elephant birds were once a common sight on the island,...

The Elephant birds, which were giant ratites, have been extinct since at least the 17th century.

Living in Madagascar, elephant birds were the heaviest birds to ever live and laid the world's largest eggs.

One theory states that humans hunted the elephant birds to extinction in a very short time for such a large landmass (the blitzkrieg hypothesis).

Afterwards, the Elephant Bird was adopted by Horton.

The Future of the Elephant Bird (1997)

Aepyornis, the "elephant bird" of Madagascar, was the heaviest bird ever known.

David Attenborough examines the size of Madagascar's huge, flightless elephant birds.

Remains of Aepyornis adults and eggs have been found.

A second, side-blown Aepyornis egg was acquired at a later date.

It is widely believed that the extinction of Aepyornis was an effect of human activity.

But that does not say anything about whether the natives took so many Aepyornis eggs that the species died out.

Some scholars think the roc is a distorted account of Aepyornis.

Aepyornis was among the heaviest of birds.

It was heavier than the moa and taller than Aepyornis.

Aepyornis, the "elephant bird" of Madagascar, was the heaviest bird ever known.

The aepyornis probably gave rise to stories about the roc, a gigantic bird of Arabic legend.

The group had two genera, Aepyornis and Mullerornis, and seven species.

The Melbourne Museum in Australia has two Aepyornis eggs.

Aepyornis, a genus of gigantic flightless birds of the extinct elephant bird order.

The largest elephant bird was Aepyornis maximus.

Eggshell fragments similar to those of Aepyornis were found on the Canary Islands.

H. G. Wells wrote a short story entitled Aepyornis Island (1894) about the bird.

The Elephant bird Aepyornis maximus was last recorded around the end of the 17th century.

Elephant birds comprised the genera Mullerornis and Aepyornis.

Local people gather Aepyornis (elephant bird) shell fragments for David Attenborough.

"On this island, in historic times," Miss Concher said, "ranged the largest bird ever known: aepyornis."

Aepyornis, which was a giant, flightless ratite native to Madagascar, has been extinct since at least the 17th century.

The largest bird in the fossil record may be the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornis) of Madagascar, which were related to the ostrich.

Aepyornis hildebrandti (Madagascar)

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He at least had been located in his own time: Aepyornis Vastus had been the odd-bird-out.

However, subfossil Aepyornis fragments have not yet been successfully sequenced for mitochondrial DNA.

Remains of Aepyornis adults and eggs have been found.

A second, side-blown Aepyornis egg was acquired at a later date.

It is widely believed that the extinction of Aepyornis was an effect of human activity.

But that does not say anything about whether the natives took so many Aepyornis eggs that the species died out.

Some scholars think the roc is a distorted account of Aepyornis.

Aepyornis was among the heaviest of birds.

It was heavier than the moa and taller than Aepyornis.

Aepyornis, the "elephant bird" of Madagascar, was the heaviest bird ever known.

The aepyornis probably gave rise to stories about the roc, a gigantic bird of Arabic legend.

The group had two genera, Aepyornis and Mullerornis, and seven species.

The Melbourne Museum in Australia has two Aepyornis eggs.

Aepyornis, a genus of gigantic flightless birds of the extinct elephant bird order.

The largest elephant bird was Aepyornis maximus.

Eggshell fragments similar to those of Aepyornis were found on the Canary Islands.

H. G. Wells wrote a short story entitled Aepyornis Island (1894) about the bird.

The Elephant bird Aepyornis maximus was last recorded around the end of the 17th century.

Elephant birds comprised the genera Mullerornis and Aepyornis.

Local people gather Aepyornis (elephant bird) shell fragments for David Attenborough.

"On this island, in historic times," Miss Concher said, "ranged the largest bird ever known: aepyornis."

Aepyornis, which was a giant, flightless ratite native to Madagascar, has been extinct since at least the 17th century.

The largest bird in the fossil record may be the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornis) of Madagascar, which were related to the ostrich.

Aepyornis hildebrandti (Madagascar)

Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this Animal Planet article: "Aepyornis" 22 April 2008.

He at least had been located in his own time: Aepyornis Vastus had been the odd-bird-out.

However, subfossil Aepyornis fragments have not yet been successfully sequenced for mitochondrial DNA.

Remains of Aepyornis adults and eggs have been found.

A second, side-blown Aepyornis egg was acquired at a later date.

It is widely believed that the extinction of Aepyornis was an effect of human activity.

But that does not say anything about whether the natives took so many Aepyornis eggs that the species died out.

Some scholars think the roc is a distorted account of Aepyornis.

Aepyornis was among the heaviest of birds.

It was heavier than the moa and taller than Aepyornis.

Aepyornis, the "elephant bird" of Madagascar, was the heaviest bird ever known.

The aepyornis probably gave rise to stories about the roc, a gigantic bird of Arabic legend.

The group had two genera, Aepyornis and Mullerornis, and seven species.

The Melbourne Museum in Australia has two Aepyornis eggs.

Aepyornis, a genus of gigantic flightless birds of the extinct elephant bird order.

The largest elephant bird was Aepyornis maximus.

Eggshell fragments similar to those of Aepyornis were found on the Canary Islands.

H. G. Wells wrote a short story entitled Aepyornis Island (1894) about the bird.

The Elephant bird Aepyornis maximus was last recorded around the end of the 17th century.

Elephant birds comprised the genera Mullerornis and Aepyornis.

Local people gather Aepyornis (elephant bird) shell fragments for David Attenborough.

"On this island, in historic times," Miss Concher said, "ranged the largest bird ever known: aepyornis."

Aepyornis, which was a giant, flightless ratite native to Madagascar, has been extinct since at least the 17th century.

The largest bird in the fossil record may be the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornis) of Madagascar, which were related to the ostrich.

Aepyornis hildebrandti (Madagascar)

Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this Animal Planet article: "Aepyornis" 22 April 2008.

He at least had been located in his own time: Aepyornis Vastus had been the odd-bird-out.

However, subfossil Aepyornis fragments have not yet been successfully sequenced for mitochondrial DNA.