@CNN: Elephant birds were blind, nocturnal and taller than Big Bird, researchers say.

“As recently as 500 years ago, very nearly blind, giant flightless birds were crashing around the forests of Madagascar in the dark,” a co-author of a new study says. https://t.co/Bj5fR9YQTy https://t.co/KNUGs0dAed

Elephant birds were blind, nocturnal and taller than Big Bird, researchers say.

"As recently as 500 years ago, very nearly blind, giant flightless birds were crashing around the forests of Madagascar in the dark," a co-author of a new study says. https://t.co/Bj5fR9YQTy pic.twitter.com/KNUGs0dAed

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