Penguin Watch Talk

Giant Penguins walked the earth

by AvastMH moderator

Interesting article about the prehistory of penguins sent by Edyflwr. Many thanks for this 😃

Here is a link to ancient penguin news: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/570136162/giant-prehistoric-penguins-once-swam-off-the-coast-of-new-zealand

I bet the giant penguins were cute, too. 😃

Posted December 13, 2017 1:26 PM
by AvastMH moderator

And thank you to @coldcounter who sent the article to us as well 😄

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-13/ancient-human-sized-penguin-inhabited-new-zealand/9253932?section=science

Posted December 13, 2017 1:30 PM

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