This Little Known Prehistoric Ostrich May Be Biggest Bird Ever

The largest flightless bird alive today is the ostrich. Despite their size, they’ve managed to keep their adaptations to run quite fast and for quite a while. All thanks to the award-winning engineering of the avian respiratory system, baby! However, pick any other flightless giant bird with us today and you may see a similar thing. They aren’t roadrunners, sure, but they can get up and go fast at a moment’s notice. If we turn the clock back hundreds of thousands or even millions of years, and you’ll find that the world was fully stocked with giant flightless birds, some that dwarfed all living forms. Could they skedaddle the same way? Let’s find out.
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Burchak-Abramovich, N. I., A. K. Vekua. 1990. The fossil ostrich Struthio dmanisensis sp. n. from the Lower Pleistocene of eastern Georgia. Acta Zoologica cracoviensia 33 (7): 121 - 132.

Zelenkov, N. V.; Lavrov, A. V.; Startsev, D. B.; Vislobokova, I. A.; Lopatin, A. V. (2019). "A giant early Pleistocene bird from eastern Europe: unexpected component of terrestrial faunas at the time of early Homo arrival". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (2): e1605521. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E5521Z. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1605521. S2CID 198384367.

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[rl]

Thank you for giving Pachystruthio the spotlight. It’s such an interesting animal that gets such little recognition. Additionally, it’s great to see these massive birds compared to other giants like the Elephant Bird and Giant Moa. Even though it’s not a ratite, Dromornis could have been included, as it’s the Elephant Bird’s main competition for the title of the largest bird that has ever lived.

[AI-zurz]

Cette video est incroyable ! J’adore ton style et ton energie. Continue comme ca !

[Kronensegler]

I heard a while ago that the weight of Gastornithoformes and Phorusrhacidae might have been underestimated, due to being based on ostriches and that Dromornis could have actually been the heaviest bird. But I couldn’t find more on that.

[cancel]

Thank you for another fine video. Your research and quality of vids is unparalleled.

[josesalinasmorales]

15:04 correction, the South Island moa was bigger than the North Island moa.

[margo]

I love this video! Thanks for another upload ♥

[ikengaspirit]

Can you do an episode on largest and flightless terrestrial (and/or flying) Neoavids and Fowls?. And how their morphology differs from large ratites and each other?.

[Galacticbreaker]

Huh. I somehow I never heard of Tinamous until today. Neat.

[VanessaScrillions]

I just adore tnis channel. Thank you for everything!

[charlesmartin]

The scientific name of the modern day Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is pronounced "Crow'cute'ah." So that would be the same for Pliocrocuta.

[ogrejd]

To be fair, the largest extant ostriches could also kick you into paste quite easily...

[BeatsMe]

I love seeing species I never knew existed. More, please!

[ThomasBell-zt]

I don't know exactly why, but the notion of a fearsome great thunder chicken appeals to me. Thank you, evolution.

[Yokomation]

5:40
Same Year Godzilla also fought spikey boi Anguirus

[tyrannotherium]

I never ate ostrich before but I heard it’s pretty damn good

[zurriellu]

grazie per la pista d'audio nelle altre lingue

[roastbeast]

i love so much of the paleoart here but why do we speculate that the giant paleognaths were so drab and dull when modern ones can be quite flashy. i’d like to imagine that moas had bright blue heads too

[extraordinarytv]

Not many people know this, but modern Ostriches can break a Lion's skull with one kick.

[larsholzke]

Thank you. This Video was so informative. Never belived which Diversity was in Europe in pleistocene.

[Carlos-bzoo]

Actually Maori cave art shows that moas had their heads raised