February 18, 2006

I, for one, salute our Giant Penguin Overlords

Schoolkids discover cool fossil:

[…] The remains were found last month near Kawhia and are thought to be 40 million years old.

Experts think it may be the finest example of the long-extinct bird found. They say the Kawhia giant dwarfed the huge emperor penguin, and had it lived today would have looked many men in the eye. […]

Posted by rv at February 18, 2006 01:27 PM to science!
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