The largest bird on Earth is the African ostrich, with males 2-3 meters tall and weighing more than 75 kilograms. But in front of prehistoric birds, it is simply not worth mentioning, prehistoric birds are huge, and we humans are weak in front of them like an ant. Let's take stock of the top 10 most terrifying birds in prehistory. Rankings are in no particular order.
Tenth place: Mulberry pseudo-toothed bird
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Mulberry pseudolodon
The Mulberry's pseudolodon is a prehistoric seabird skeleton fossil excavated by American researchers in South Carolina, USA on July 7, 2014, and analysis shows that this seabird may be the largest bird in the history of the earth, with a wingspan between 6.1 meters and 7.4 meters, its weight is estimated to be between 20 and 40 kg, and it can soar in the sky for several kilometers without flapping its wings. Their teeth can pierce most prey, and the giant bird can soar easily in the air, but it is clumsy on the ground, and as for why it went extinct, scientists have not yet found the reason.
Ninth place: Argentine bird
Argentine bird
The Argentine bird is the second largest bird ever made and one of the most dangerous birds of all time. The bird has a wingspan of 5 to 6 meters. Fossils of this species were found from central and northwestern Argentina. The bird is a scavenger and its hunting skills are very skilled. When hunting, they will swallow the captured prey directly in the air. According to the British magazine Nature, scientists have successfully simulated the bird's flight patterns, and found that this ancient bird of 6 million years ago was a skilled "glider". You can't fly by flapping your wings. It seems that it is a glider.
Eighth place: Titan Bird
Titan Bird
The Titan is the third most dangerous bird in prehistory. Titans are giant carnivorous birds, the last member of the family Dinosaur family, Titans can reach 2.5 meters tall, weigh up to 200-400 kg, that is, 400 to 800 pounds, they have huge claws on their wings, and are full of strength, and are the largest carnivorous birds of the subfamily Dinosaur family. And it's a flightless bird, titans with long and strong legs, which helps them chase their prey. The data shows that the bird became extinct 1.8 million years ago, but the discovery of titans in Texas in 1995 shows that they did not become extinct until 15,000 years ago, which shows that early American humans may have had to face these terrible carnivorous birds, where many myths and legends about titan birds are still circulating. That is to say, the Titan bird once coexisted with humans for a while.
Seventh place: Dinosaur crane
Cranes
The dinosaur is another dangerous prehistoric bird. It is also a flightless bird with long and strong legs. The skull is huge. The bird can grow up to 2.5 meters and weigh up to 130 kilograms. That is about 260 pounds, this bird is carnivorous, mostly living in the jungles of the Americas. The beak is usually used to kill prey. It is with its mouth that it eats tiny mammals and rotting corpses.
Sixth place: Scary Bird
Scary birds
Also known as the Horror Bird, the Bird of Terror lived between 27 million and 1.5 million years ago and is now completely extinct. It may have originated in Eurasia, but after coming to the Americas, it evolved quite large because it was at the top of the food chain and had no competitors for survival. The bird can reach 3 meters tall, weighs 400 kilograms, that is, 800 pounds, is a bird that cannot fly, they are terrible carnivores, can swallow a dog in one bite, and also have an amazing running speed, running speed of up to 97 kilometers per hour, they will eat the flesh of the prey, they will use their strong legs to crush the bones of the prey, and suck the bone marrow in the broken bones. They don't waste any bit of food value. The cause of its extinction is not yet clear.
Fifth place: Chilean pelagic bird
Chilean pelagic bird
With a wingspan of 5-6 meters, the Chilean pelagic bird ranks second in the list of the most dangerous prehistoric birds. This bird preys mainly in the ocean. The dentures of Chilean pelagic birds help them catch prey in the water, preying mainly on fish as well as squid. Although they have some dentures, these dentures are not responsible for chewing, and they will swallow their prey raw like other birds.
Fourth place: Haast Giant Eagle
Haast Giant Eagle
The Haast Giant Eagle is a terrifying bird that lives in the New Zealand region. Weight: 10-13kg, Wingspan: 2.5-3m , They were once the ultimate killers of New Zealand, they used terrible claws to prey, with their sharp claws. It can directly grab through the head of the prey. It may even kill animals that weigh more than 15 times their own weight. Its hunting technique is fierce, and it must be killed in one hit. From 1 kg of birds to 200 kg of moa are on their recipes.
Third place: Taylor Bird
Taylor Bird
The Tyroton bird is an extinct species of the ornithopod family, a scavenger whose appearance and habits resemble today's vultures. The genus prehistoric giant birds can reach a wingspan of more than 3 meters and are giant prehistoric birds. Its fossils were first discovered in the southern United States in 1909.
Second place: moa
moa
Moa birds are one of the most dangerous birds in prehistory. There are 18 species of moa, the body height can reach more than 3 meters, although they can not fly, but can chase many prey, they lived in South America 60 million years ago, moa is a quick predator, the top speed can reach 48 kilometers per hour. This made it quickly become a top predator.
First place: Thunderbird
thunderbird
Thunderbirds are one of the most dangerous birds in history. They cannot fly and can reach heights of more than 3 meters. The bird originally inhabited Patagonia. The weight may exceed 350-400 kg. This makes it the third heaviest bird known to man. This bird can easily kill large animals, such as elephants. Because of its large size, it is not flexible enough, and they often capture prey by concealment, camouflage, sneak attacks, etc.
Prehistoric birds are usually huge and terrifying predators, but most of them do not fly, these terrible ancient birds are the ancestors of living birds, but now the birds are getting smaller and smaller, and individual species have become the food on our table.