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Read this and tremble...
« on: February 11, 2023, 0019 UTC »
Scientists in New Zealand have just released a report on a fossilized penguin species, Kumimanu Fordycei, that based on flipper size would've tipped the scales at 350 lbs. and cruised the world's oceans at hypersonic speeds beaching pods of early whales with massive
waves for their 100 lb. chicks to devour.

People have thought for decades that the giant penguin of Clearwater, FL. was a hoax, but with the with the manatee/retiree/Scientologist foodbase, and the discovery in New Zealand, the giant penguins of Clearwater could be quite real. Surf's up, dude.

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Re: Read this and tremble...
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2023, 1512 UTC »
Date: Spring 1968
Location: At Sea, Atlantic
Details remain classified.
Most times & frequencies posted are only an approximation.
Wishing the 1980's PopComm was still around.

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Re: Read this and tremble...
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2023, 1938 UTC »
Scientists in New Zealand have just released a report on a fossilized penguin species, Kumimanu Fordycei, that based on flipper size would've tipped the scales at 350 lbs. and cruised the world's oceans at hypersonic speeds beaching pods of early whales with massive
waves for their 100 lb. chicks to devour.

People have thought for decades that the giant penguin of Clearwater, FL. was a hoax, but with the with the manatee/retiree/Scientologist foodbase, and the discovery in New Zealand, the giant penguins of Clearwater could be quite real. Surf's up, dude.

Ever read "At the Mountains of Madness" by H. P. Lovecraft? Some giant penguins in that one, though they're blind and harmless from what I can recall.
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2023, 2151 UTC »
Lovecraft was trying not to panic people after he found the "Necronomicon". Giant penguins explains it all. Atlantis, Mu, rogue waves, flood legends, the end of the dinosaurs, you name it, giant penguins were around doing enormous, explosive, belly flops, in unison!

Do they fly? No one knows, but, they certainly have the the capability, like all members of the penguin family.   

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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2023, 2226 UTC »
The fierce reputation of flying penguins has been recognized in military weaponry, such as this Norwegian antiship missile:
https://www.seaforces.org/wpnsys/SURFACE/AGM-119-Penguin-SSM.htm

and this antipersonnel prototype (graphic content):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDEN-5EW7xQ

The mere mention of "penguin" ought to strike fear in the hearts of potential enemies.




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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2023, 1515 UTC »
That artist's rendering says it all. If we'd had them at Normandy and Okinawa, WWII would have ended in 1944 as Hirohito and Hitler would've surrendered on the spot when faced with the landing photo's. Unending waves upon waves of them hitting the beaches with their bayonet like beaks sharpened to a hard point.

Say what you will, Al Fansome knew his penguins.

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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2023, 1900 UTC »
This fearsome penguin is what inspired the ruskiis to develop shkval!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2023, 1309 UTC »
Trying to close the dolphin gap, eh? They're a little late to the party, we've moved on to Killer Whales on the Moon.

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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2023, 1835 UTC »
Trying to close the dolphin gap, eh? They're a little late to the party, we've moved on to Killer Whales on the Moon.

There's an answer to that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8V2U7vTys0
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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2023, 1418 UTC »
But that's far in the future, in the reign of Calculon.

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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2023, 1655 UTC »
But that's far in the future, in the reign of Calculon.

At that point, sure, but who knows how long that Maginot Line had been in place?
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