Fossil hunters find bones of human-sized penguin on New Zealand beach

Guardian UK ^

[ameribbean expat]

The remnants of an ancient penguin that stood as tall as a human have been found encased in rock on a beach in New Zealand.

Fossil hunters chanced upon the prehistoric bones in sedimentary rock that formed 55m to 60m years ago on what is now Hampden beach in Otago in the country’s South Island.

Measurements of the partial skeleton show that the flightless bird weighed about 100kg and had a body length of 1.77 metres (5ft 10in), equal to the average height of an American man. Emperor penguins, the tallest penguin species alive today, reach only 1.2 metres when fully grown.

[pgyanke]

[left that other site]

From the secret WB Vault? LOL!

[morphing libertarian]

bkmrk

[pigsmith]

Thanks! I haven’t had a good laugh in a long while. :-)

[Eagles6]

Shackleton’s men survived on them.

[lee martell]

That would make for some wild horror movies;
Attack of the Man-Eating Penguins!!
They would all follow each other on the hunt, red-eyed and without expression, like a horde of zombies in black dinner jackets.

[Conan the Librarian]

I just went Mad at reading that statement. Beyond the Mountains too

[mabarker1]

ROFLMAO 🤣 NOW THAT IS FUNNY!!!! (((Ping)))

[Chode]

[NicknamedBob]

"... have been found encased in rock ..."

No doubt about it, these birds have no sense of preservation at all. How do you let rock sneak up on you?

[Darksheare]

And beyond that mountain, cyclopean ruins await

[Darksheare]

Truly an embarrassment to the species if it had rock sneak up on it.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

March of the Penguins spoof (Bonus! In French!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzlcn9T-ag

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Oh No! They found Chilly. He was so young.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

#5: Full name was “Chilly Willy”, in a cartoon.

Hope he’s alright and living in Florida.

[Trillian]

[SunkenCiv]

More like the “avast ye swabs, shiver me timbers” YouTube eye patch wooden leg and parrot vault!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

They found Opus!

DANG!

[octex]

Reminds me of that GIF of polar bears lounging on the ice and roasting a penguin on a spit over a fire.