aepyornis

aepyornis

1. The year of 1649 was the last year that the local people gun for Aepyornis.

1649年，是当地居民能够捕杀到隆鸟的最后一年。

2. “Aepyornis” means birds with high-up body.

“隆鸟”的意思即是“高高凸起的鸟”。

3. Any of a group of giant flightless birds in the extinct genus Aepyornis, found as fossils in Pleistocene and post-Pleistocene deposits on Madagascar.

不飞的巨型鸟类的绝灭属。其化石发现于马达加斯加（Madagascar）更新世和后更新世（Pleistocene）的沈积物中，含量丰富。

4. Since then, humans cannot find the track of Aepyornis any more.Therefore, its name for the world’s biggest bird was given to ostrich because of the interference of human beings.

自此以后，人类再也没有发现过任何隆鸟的足迹，它的世界第一大鸟的称号也在人类的干涉之下让给了鸵鸟。