Extinct Teratorn- 25' wingspan

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Extinct Teratorn- 25' wingspan

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The extinct Teratorn once ruled these skies and lived up to 10,000 years ago. There has been talk of cloning DNA from the permafrost preserved hair of a Wooly Mammoth that also lived in that time period. If Teratorn DNA could also be recovered the beast could be cloned and reintroduced into these mountains.
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More info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentavis

Short version of the Wikipedia version of the statistics...

Currently accepted estimates of Argentavis (Largest of the several known Teratorn types):

Wingspan: 5.8–8 m (19 – 26 ft)
Wing area: nearly 7 m² (75 square ft)
Wing loading: c. 11.5 kg/m²
Length: 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
Height: 1.7–2 m (5.6–6.5 ft)
Weight: 60–80 kg (140–180 lb)

Also note that Quetzalcoatlus, an extinct Pterosaur had a wingspan of over 40 feet, and possibly as much as 59 feet!
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What? No glide ratio?
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