Half-Ton Birds Were Roaming Europe When Humans Arrived
Half-Ton Birds Were Roaming Europe When Humans Arrived: Scientists report that giant, flightless birds, so large that they actually dwarfed modern ostriches and weighed-in at nearly half a ton, were roaming Europe at the same time the first archaic humans arrived in the area from Africa.
Look, I’m obviously no paleontologist, but if I’m understanding this article correctly — they’re basically explaining to us that just as we once had some banks that became “too big to fail,” Europe had itself a bunch of half-ton birds who became “too fat to fly?”
OK, so the birds were a little on the chunky size. We get that. Not to sound critical of our scientific community, but just what the hell is point of “fat-shaming” a bunch of extinct, half ton, flightless birds at this stage of the game? Especially, when they’re no longer here to defend themselves.
Besides, maybe they were just “big-boned?” You big-shot paleontologists ever think about that one? Huh? I mean, if we really want to be completely honest here, I can think of a few paleontologists who probably could stand to lose a few pounds themselves. Just say’n!
