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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Ancient Giant Penguin Unearthed in New Zealand
« on: February 28, 2017, 1701 UTC »
The newly-discovered bird waddled the Earth during the Paleocene epoch.

It was about 5 feet (1.5 m) tall, making it almost as big as Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi (the largest known fossil penguin, which lived in Antarctica between 45 and 33 million years ago).

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/ancient-giant-penguin-new-zealand-04649.html
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Re: Ancient Giant Penguin Unearthed in New Zealand
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 2032 UTC »
Holy crap they musta had eggs the size of bowling balls!
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Re: Ancient Giant Penguin Unearthed in New Zealand
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2017, 2049 UTC »
Magnificent aren't they?

Wait until Al sees that picture of the bones. He loses it when penguins flip him off.
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