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Fossil hunters find bones of human-sized penguin on New Zealand beach
Guardian UK ^
Posted on 12/12/2017 5:38:26 PM PST by 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.
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No sign of Joker or Riddler yet.
To: ameribbean expat
Here’s a question I have never asked before;
are penguins edible for humans?
If they ever got that big (5ft10), that would be a lot of meat and a large pelt.
To: ameribbean expat
GMTA
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:49:50 PM PST
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: lee martell
“are penguins edible for humans?”
That depends on how hungry you are.
L
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:50:36 PM PST
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: lee martell
I would expect they would taste like duck, although the breast would be whiter from non-flight. Imagine the egg size of the big’uns.
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:52:51 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
To: ameribbean expat
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:54:02 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
To: ameribbean expat; Dead Corpse; NicknamedBob
No sign of Elder Things or shoggoths yet?
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:54:18 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: lee martell
In that case, get the extra large tub of slaw.
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:56:03 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; pax_et_bonum; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks ameribbean expat.
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:57:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: lee martell
Shackleton’s men ate plenty on Elephant Island.
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:57:19 PM PST
by
JohnBovenmyer
(Waiting for the tweets to hatch!)
To: ameribbean expat
Those idiots found a fossilized nun.
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posted on
12/12/2017 5:58:26 PM PST
by
Nachoman
(Following victory, its best to reload.)
To: lee martell
To: Nachoman
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posted on
12/12/2017 6:03:20 PM PST
by
fivecatsandadog
(I care about Americans, people who came here legally, our laws and the Constitution.)
To: ameribbean expat
So, Lovecraft was on to something after all!
At the Mountains of Madness.
To: SunkenCiv
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12/12/2017 6:08:41 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: ZOOKER
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posted on
12/12/2017 6:18:59 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: lee martell
are penguins edible for humans? And are humans edible for penguins?
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posted on
12/12/2017 6:21:33 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
To: JohnBovenmyer
You beat me to that. Penguin was on the menu quite a bit for the Shackelton crew. And you pretty much just had to walk outside and hit one over the head with a board when you wanted one.
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posted on
12/12/2017 6:23:08 PM PST
by
freefdny
To: BenLurkin
Sorry, for me there is only ONE Penguin.
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12/12/2017 6:24:03 PM PST
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ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: left that other site
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12/12/2017 6:26:14 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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