Earlier this week the BBC was running a story about the sale of one gigantic egg, from the extinct Elephant Bird—a bird which weighed in at nearly half a ton and stood about 10 feet tall. It lived on Madagascar and died out sometime in the 17th century.

Though the exact reasons for this magnificent creature’s demise aren’t entirely clear (though over-hunting has been speculated), it got me thinking about other animals, while perhaps not as majestic in size, which we could push into oblivion.

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