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Elephant bird
(Reader Contribution to 10 Most Amazing Extinct Animals)
The elephant birds, which were giant ratites native to Madagascar, have been extinct since at least the 17th century. Étienne de Flacourt, a French governor of Madagascar in the 1640s and 1650s, recorded frequent sightings of elephant birds. It is often believed that the extinction of the Aepyornis was an effect of human activity.
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