Statting the World's Largest Bird

IIRC, the reports you are talking about refer to condors, which is a freakin big bird on its own.

Actually they don't- at least not any species of condor currently known to science.

I remember seeing a show about those critters on Discover- it was part of their series on Megafauna (including, BTW, a 20'+ long Goanna in the Aussie outback) that may or may not have existed.

The kid that was attacked was about 8 years old- much too large for a condor to lift, yet according to the report, the kid's mom had to grab him by the legs to prevent him being carried off. The people on the show estimated the critter's wingspan (based on that attack, Native American legends, and a piece of grainy film) was 25+ feet or so.
 

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