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These Predators Had a Face like an Axe and Will Haunt Your Nightmares

Science Quickly

Scientific American

Science

4.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Terror birds were the grizzly bears of birds, the great white sharks of the land, Jack the Ripper but with feathers. They were also truly fascinating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:28.4

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0:32.8

I don't want to ruffle any feathers, but this is really the best way to describe terror birds.

0:38.9

The terror birds are fucking amazing.

0:42.6

There's no discussion about it.

0:44.2

They are the most amazing group of birds that existed ever.

0:49.6

I'm Flora Lichten, and this is Scientific Americans Science Quickly.

0:55.4

And today is my swan song to big birds. Gargantuan game.

1:00.0

Fucking huge feathered friends. This is the last episode in this four-part series.

1:05.3

And the bird on deck for today, it's been on my life list for a while.

1:09.4

I'm squawking about one of the most frightening birds to ever peck out a place on planet Earth.

1:15.5

The terror bird.

1:17.6

Let me introduce you to our terror bird expert.

1:20.7

My name is Federico Javier de Granje.

1:23.8

Everybody calls me Dino.

1:25.6

Dino is an avian paleontologist in Argentina, and he has a special

1:29.7

relationship with terror birds. Oh, I love them. I even have a tattoo of a terror bird, so yes,

1:36.5

they mark me forever. I like to use the word bizarre, which is quite common here in my country,

1:42.7

with a bizarro. Terrobirds are bizarre birds, full of exclusive features and rare features that make them even more strange, more unique.

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