The Quiz: What extinct bird was known for laying the largest eggs?
Elephant bird
Dodo bird
Labrador duck
Great auk
Native to Madagascar, the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) was known for laying eggs measuring 13 inches long with a liquid capacity of 2.25 gallons. That volume is equivalent to seven ostrich eggs, 183 chicken eggs, or more than 12,000 hummingbird eggs. The elephant bird went extinct around 1,000 years ago, though its egg-laying record lives on.
The correct answer to this quiz is Elephant bird.