Elephant bird (Madagascar)
3 m (9.843 ft)
Standing height
A giant flightless bird from Madagascar, extinct for about a thousand years. Up to 3 m tall and 800 kg.
Published
How big is that?
3 m is 1.7 times an adult man and 11% of a blue whale.
Elephant bird is the 13th smallest of the 31 Prehistoric Giants objects, and the 34th smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Bowling pin (Ten-pin) (Classic), 38.1 cm tall and Voyager's dish (High-gain antenna) (Cosmic Scale), 3.66 m across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Elephant bird in orange beside the Prehistoric Giants objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Elephant bird |
|---|---|---|
| Woolly mammoth (Adult male)The shaggy Ice Age elephant of northern Siberia. Measured at the shoulder. | 2.8 m tall | 93% of the size |
| Wandering albatross (Wings spread)The seabird with the widest wings alive today. | 3 m wingtip to wingtip | about the same |
| Giant moa (South Island)New Zealand's giant flightless bird, extinct for about 600 years. Measured with its neck stretched up. | 3 m tall | about the same |
| Komodo dragon (Large adult)The largest living lizard, measured nose to tail tip. | 3 m long | about the same |
| Elephant bird (Madagascar) | 3 m tall | – |
In other units
| Centimetres | 300 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 3 |
| Inches | 118.1 |
| Feet | 9.843 |
| Yards | 3.281 |
How it's measured
Standing height. Upper figure.
Sources
- sciencedaily.com: Zoological Society of London: up to 800 kg and three metres tall.
- guinnessworldrecords.com (supporting): Stood as tall as 3 metres.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Elephant bird is one of the objects in Prehistoric Giants, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.