Forgotten Fauna: Marahute by Lediblock2, literature
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Forgotten Fauna: Marahute
Marahute (Marahute maxima) (Formerly Aquilla maxima) A colossal form sweeps through the skies of northwest Australia, darkening the heavens beneath its vast wings. Almost too big to be believed, it rules uncontested over its domain, dwarfing all else that has ever flown save for the pterosaurs of long ago. It kills in an instant, preying upon all that share its kingdom; it’s no wonder that it has long been viewed as the avatar of a god. It is the marahute, and it is the largest bird ever to fly. With a wingspan of more than 25 feet across, the marahute is an absolutely colossal species of eagle that outsizes even Miocene titans such as Pelagornis and the great teratorns, and far outstrips these ancient giants in weight at nearly 300 lbs, a little less than a female Bengal tiger and putting it in the same weight class as the azhdarchid pterosaurs of the Mesozoic. When standing on the ground, it towers above a human being at a colossal eight and a half feet tall, on par with the