The Roc was a mythical bird that was so large that it was believed to have been able to pluck an elephant up from the earth and into the sky. The legend of the Roc has roots in Arabic tales and mythology. Eventually, these tales made their way out west through travelers such as Marco Polo. These beasts supposedly chose to kill their victims by flying them up into the sky before dropping them to their deaths and then eating “preying upon the carcass.” Ibn Batutta, noted Moroccan wanderer, wrote that he once mistook a Roc for a floating mountain because of how big it was. These birds were said to be so huge that they could blot out the sun with their wingspan.