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Sheril Kirshenbaum

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

15 comments
Eric Haddock

@Sheril As seen in H.P. Lovecraft’s _At the Mountains of Madness_. (So one must assume the other things were true too!) 😄

SimonM

@Sheril This needs to be made into the hero of a B movie along the lines of Sharknado or 'Mega Shark v Giant Octopus'.

Boomer

@Sheril wait, long gone species was soooo big, I get it. And empire penguins are really that huge??? TIL.

Sarina

@Sheril
The world was a better place then. Because penguins! 😍

JamesTDG

@Sheril my dad would lose his mind in excitement if he got to meet one of those

Cps10001

@Sheril Imagine being chased along the Antarctic ice shelf by that bird.

Robsterthermidor

@Sheril Wow, I didn’t know that, thanks for sharing. I think there are so many lovely names of Penguin that I’ve heard from decades of Attenborougj shows; Mega-Penguin feels a bit on the lazy-side, more like a brand extension than a suitable name. They could have at least named it after a famous mythological giant.

Sunflower

@Sheril why do awesome creatures always go extinct😭

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