Giant Penguin Fossil Discovered in New Zealand
March of the giant penguins! A 27-million-year-old fossil of the largest penguin ever known has been found in New Zealand. Standing at about 5 feet, the penguin likely weighed 130 pounds and resembled its modern counterpart, except for a longer bill and more slender body. In comparison, today's largest penguin, the Emperor penguin, stands about 3 feet tall and weighs around 85 pounds.
Tatsuro Ando of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology in Japan told Discovery News that these giant flightless birds first emerged about 50 million years ago, not long after the extinction of dinosaurs, and thrived for 25 million years before dying out, likely due to a drastic change in their environment.
No word yet on whether or not New Zealand's giant penguin is technically an ancestor of Danny DeVito. But we're working on it.
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Penguin selfie offers bird’s eye view
Curious Emperor penguins have been captured in Antarctica getting up close and personal on film.
The vision was filmed at the Auster Rookery near Australia’s Mawson research station
Australian Antarctic expeditioner, Eddie Gault, left the camera on the ice when visiting the rookery, and it didn’t take long for the naturally curious birds to seize the opportunity for a selfie.
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As the sea ice melts ever earlier in the season, swimming to escape predators becomes even harder. Can this penguin survive its deadly dash to freedom?
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Emperor penguins near Australia's Mawson research station, Antarctica
Australia's emperor penguin research aims to learn more about the penguins (how they live, where they go, what they do, and what they need to survive), and how human activities may impact on their lives and survival chances.
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Australia Antarctic mission focuses on penguin poo
Ancient penguin droppings and the impact of global warming on the Antarctic food chain will be the focus of Australia's latest scientific mission to the icy continent which departed on October 14, 2013. Duration: 00:59
Penguin Island
A look at some of Australia's Penguins. Their common name is Little Penguins, but they are also known as Blue or Fairy Penguins. Filmed on Granite Island, South Australia, and other Australian locations. For more info on these cute little guys go here
Antarctica: How to catch a penguin
Biologist Hans Ulrich-Peter catches a Gentoo penguin. Scientists are studying how rising temperatures are affecting the penguin population in Antarctica.
10 Modern Animals That Used To Be Giants
Here are 10 modern animals that used to be giants.
Even though we’re used to animals falling into pretty dependable size ranges, not all of them were always like they are now.
Here are 10 that used to be giants.
Number 10. Platypuses. Their goofy looks often keep them from being taken seriously, but that may not have always been the case. Researchers found evidence that one species may have measured around 3-feet long. The prehistoric version has been dubbed ‘platypus-zilla’.
Number 9. Penguins. The modern day emperor penguin may be considered the biggest there is, but millions of years ago that wouldn’t have been the case. Back then there was a bird called the water king, which stood a towering 5 feet tall.
Number 8. Camels. Once upon a time giant camels roamed the Arctic. They looked very similar to those living in the desert today, except 3-and-a-half million years ago they were about 30 percent larger.
Number 7. Beavers. During the last ice age, the beaver was the king of North American rodents. At that time they were around 8-feet long and weighed in at up to 220 pounds. While something that size could do a whole lot of damage to trees, they didn’t eat them back then. Pond weeds were more to their liking.
Number 6. Kangaroos. Before dying out around 30 thousand years ago after a roughly 12 million year lifespan, some species of Kangaroos didn’t hop from place to place, they walked. Back then they weighed approximately 500 pounds and measured well over six feet tall, so maybe they just couldn’t get off the ground.
Number 5. Armadillos. These days a lot of armadillos get run over by cars, but long ago many were the size of one. Some of their ancient relatives could grow to be as big as a Volkswagen Beetle.
Number 4. Guinea Pigs. They may make cute pets now, but millions of years ago they weren’t so small and cuddly-looking. Sized more like a buffalo, the guinea pigs of the past are the largest rodents known to have ever lived.
Number 3. Turtles. 60 million years in the past was a good time to be a turtle. Then, they were the size of a smart car. Rather than being preyed upon by crocodiles, it’s more likely the shelled giants hunted them.
Number 2. Sloths. For a while their weight went up a couple hundred pounds every million years. At the top end of the growth spurt there existed a 5-ton sloth with foot-long claws. That behemoth creature died out about 11 thousand years ago.
Number 1. Rabbits. Many modern bunnies live in constant fear for their lives, but that wasn’t always the case. Between 3 and 5 million years ago, the bunnies living on an island near Spain, faced few predators and grew to be about 6 times the size they are now.
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Adelie Penguin Slaps Giant Emperor Chick!
The real Monty! Meet the John Lewis Adelie penguin in his natural habitat and discover what a funny & feisty character he really is.
Monty the Adelie penguin might be small but when he finds some emperor penguin chicks in his neighbourhood, he soon sends them packing.
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Penguins are the type of animals that instantly put you in a good mood when you see them waddling along or watch them swallowing fish like it’s their last meal. There are 17 species of penguin, and today we’re going to meet some of these remarkable animals and learn more about what makes them tick.
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8 - Magellanic Penguin
At first glance, you’d think you were looking at an African penguin, but look closely and you’ll notice that these guys have a dark black stripe around their neck, differentiating them from their African cousins. These penguins are prevalent on the southern coasts of South America, but you sometimes find them on the coast of Brazil. These guys have a distinct difference from African penguins, and that’s the fact that they hunt jellyfish! These warm-weather penguins got their name from Ferdinand Magellan who first spotted them in 1519 on his trip to the tip of South America.
7 - Take Flight
We know that penguins are flightless birds, but don’t feel too sorry for them. While they can’t take flight like ordinary birds, many species of penguins can still take to the air. Just before they leap from the water on to the ice, they release air bubbles from their feathers, removing the drag from their bodies and allows them to launch themselves into the air and land on the ice safely.
6 - Macaroni penguin
It’s hard not to fall in love with these penguins right away, with their crazy yellow lashes that would make any girl jealous. There are in the region of 24-million Macarons penguins living in 260 colonies between South America, Australia, Antarctica and Marion Island. Despite their numbers being plentiful, they are vulnerable. Their biggest threat currently is human settlement, and huge conservation efforts are currently in place to protect them.
5 - Chew on this
Penguins don’t have teeth but have back-ward facing fleshy spines that lines their mouths helping to push their dinner down their throats.
4 - Southern Rockhopper Penguin
They look quite similar to the northern rockhopper that we mentioned earlier, but they have a subtle difference, they don’t have the usual patch of pale skin just underneath their beaks. There are roughly a million pairs of breeding rockhoppers and of all the penguins, this species was not first in the birdsong department. They’re the least musical penguin and have a song that can make the most chilled person get twitchy.
3 - Emperor penguin
Certainly, one of the most recognisable penguins is the Emperor penguin. They’re featured in so many excellent animated films, including, March of the Penguins, Madagascar, Happy Feet, and Surf's Up. They are the largest and tallest of all the penguins and reside in Antarctica. There are around 600,000 adult males in Antarctica currently and there are 54 emperor colonies in the Antarctic. Some emperor penguins have been known to live for 50-years!
2 – Feeling Blue
Otago Peninsula is seeing a lot of blue and that’s because they’ve enjoyed a fabulous breeding season of little blue penguins. These tiny penguins have been quite the tourist attraction, with tourists coming every night to watch them scurrying up the cliff after their day out in the ocean. They’ve seen more than 130 chicks hatching this season, making them the most productive seabird on the planet according to scientist Hiltrun Ratz. Long may it continue.
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Penguins Seaworld Australia 2013
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Heartbreaking! Ultimate Penguin Sacrifice | Life in the Freezer | BBC
The life of a penguin isn't an easy one, as these determined parents prove. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
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Cute!!!!! The Little Penguin From Australia Louisville Zoo
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The PENGUIN PARADE! | Daily Planet
Small blue penguins are a nocturnal breed of penguin that reside in the sunny beaches of Australia. They surf for food to feed their chicks and face all kinds of issues, like global warming and pollution. Studying these little birds can be pretty difficult, but its becoming easier with the penguin weighing bridge! The bridge calculates each penguins weight without the bird even knowing, giving researchers insight into food and population patterns.
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