Thursday, July 12, 2012

Bullockornis

 

Name: Bullockornis ("ox bird") or The Demon Duck of Doom

Habitat: Woodlands of Australia

Historical Time: Middle Miocene (15 million years ago)

Size and Weight: About 8 feet tall and 500 pounds

Diet: Meat

Fact:  Bullockornis seems to have been more closely related to ducks and geese than to modern ostriches, and its heavy, prominent beak points to its having had a carnivorous diet.

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