Largest organisms were related to the ostrich. They exceeded in height and . The last of the elephant birds became extinct about 300 years ago. Of almost exactly the same upper proportions as the largest elephant birds was "Dromornis stirtoni" of Australia, part of a 26,000-year-old group called mihirungs of the family Dromornithidae. The largest carnivorous bird was "Brontornis", an extinct flightless bird from South America which reached a weight of and a height of about . The tallest carnivorous bird was "Kelenken", which could reach 3 to 3.2 meters in height and 220 to 250 kilograms. The tallest bird ever was
Caroline Bird have been published in several anthologies and journals including "Poetry Magazine", "PN Review", "Poetry Review" and "The North" magazine. Her poems and a commissioned short story, "Sucking Eggs", have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. A member of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, Bird is also a playwright. She was part of the Bush Theatre's 2011 project "Sixty-Six Books", for which she wrote a piece based on a book of the "King James Bible" In February 2012, Bird presented her "Beano"-inspired show "The Trial of Dennis the Menace", featuring original music by Matt Rogers, which was performed in the