The largest flying bird ... Giant bird, giant dig The specimen was so large that it had to be dug out with a backhoe. "The upper wing bone alone was longer than my arm," Ksepka said in a statement.

Here, an illustration of what may be the largest flying ... bird, giant dig The specimen was so large that it had to be dug out with a backhoe. "The upper wing bone alone was longer than my ...

They’re also the fastest bird on land and can run up to 43 miles an hour. But elephant birds, who lived more than 1,200 years ago, were likely the biggest birds to ever exist at over 1,500 pounds.

The largest flying bird known to ever have lived has now been ... "The upper wing bone alone was longer than my arm," Ksepka said in a statement. The specimen, which consisted of multiple wing ...