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Once upon a time, ~40M years ago, there was a species of penguin that was 6'8" (2m) tall & 250 lbs (115kg) called Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, also known as the ‘mega penguin’ newscientist.com/article/dn259… #science #history #nature #SharedPlanet
A comparison of the mega penguin, a human male & the emperor penguin. Credit: New Scientist

Extinct mega penguin was tallest and heaviest ever

A fossil foot bone found in Antarctica suggests that one extinct species of penguin was a true giant, clocking in at 115 kilograms
Jeff Hecht (New Scientist)
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Eric Haddock
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Eric Haddock
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As seen in H.P. Lovecraft’s _At the Mountains of Madness_. (So one must assume the other things were true too!) 😄
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SimonM
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SimonM
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This needs to be made into the hero of a B movie along the lines of Sharknado or 'Mega Shark v Giant Octopus'.
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Boomer
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Boomer
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wait, long gone species was soooo big, I get it. And empire penguins are really that huge??? TIL.
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JamesTDG
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my dad would lose his mind in excitement if he got to meet one of those

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