Strange Relatives: Little Kiwi, Giant Elephant Bird Linked by DNA

They might be the odd couple of the bird world.Scientists on Thursday identified the closest relative of New Zealand's famed kiwi, a shy chicken-sized flightless bird, as the elephant bird of Madagascar, a flightless giant that was 10 feet (3 meters) tall and went extinct a few centuries ago.

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