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Tropical giant penguin discovered

Scientists find the fossil of a giant penguin which lived 36 million years ago in the tropics of what is now Peru.
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Penguin Giant

It's nearly as tall as I am, and with a beak like javelin! Can you imagine a 5-foot-tall penguin with a weapon?!? Very interesting.

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WOW that was huge. Hard to think though that at the time it was still not a large animal unlike today. Make one heck of a plate of wings at the local pub!

Penguin Giant

Scientists reconstruct fossil of extinct giant penguin

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - It has taken 26 million years, but scientists say getting the first glimpse at what a long-extinct giant penguin looked like was worth the wait. Ref. Source 3

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The oldest fossilized giant penguin

A recently discovered fossil of a giant penguin with a body length of around 150 centimeters has been described in a new article. The new find dates back to the Paleocene era and, with an age of approximately 61 million years, counts among the oldest penguin fossils in the world. The bones differ significantly from those of other discoveries of the same age and indicate that the diversity of Paleocene penguins was higher than previously assumed. The team of scientists therefore postulates that the evolution of penguins started much earlier than previously thought, probably already during the age of dinosaurs. Ref. Source 1z.

Giant Penguin

Well, this was quite the killer penguin. Disney won't be making any cutesy pictures about this penguin since it would probably hunt us.

Giant Penguin

That's incredible. I'm sure it would be frightening to see one of these. The damage that penguin could cause with a beak like that. Ouch.