ImmortalFlame
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Forget the T-rex, forget the mesosaurus, forget Lucy, Archaeopteryx and Tiktaaalik. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered perhaps the most important discovery in the history of archaeology, which could have significant, world-altering implications for all future research to come.
I propose we drop all other scientific endeavors and concentrate all research and funding into bringing this species back from extinction and creating a tourist-friendly habitat for them in the style of Jurassic Park, but with more petting areas and adorable costumes.
I'll see you all there.
A giant penguin that stood as tall as a person has been identified from fossil leg bones discovered by an amateur palaeontologist on New Zealand’s South Island.
At 1.6 metres and 80kg (12st), the new species, Crossvallia waiparensis, was four times heavier and 40cm taller than the emperor penguin, the largest living penguin.
The penguin joins other oversized but extinct New Zealand birds including the world’s largest parrot, an eagle with a three-metre wingspan, 3.6 metre-tall moa birds and other giant penguins.
Enormous penguins are believed to have rapidly evolved in the Palaeocene epoch – between 66 and 56m years ago – after the dinosaurs disappeared and large marine reptiles also vanished from southern hemisphere waters that were much warmer than today.
SOURCE: Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New Zealand
At 1.6 metres and 80kg (12st), the new species, Crossvallia waiparensis, was four times heavier and 40cm taller than the emperor penguin, the largest living penguin.
The penguin joins other oversized but extinct New Zealand birds including the world’s largest parrot, an eagle with a three-metre wingspan, 3.6 metre-tall moa birds and other giant penguins.
Enormous penguins are believed to have rapidly evolved in the Palaeocene epoch – between 66 and 56m years ago – after the dinosaurs disappeared and large marine reptiles also vanished from southern hemisphere waters that were much warmer than today.
SOURCE: Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New Zealand
I propose we drop all other scientific endeavors and concentrate all research and funding into bringing this species back from extinction and creating a tourist-friendly habitat for them in the style of Jurassic Park, but with more petting areas and adorable costumes.
I'll see you all there.
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