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Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 4:45 pm
(February 23, 2017 at 4:40 pm)Exian Wrote:
(February 23, 2017 at 4:37 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Once they've been cloned we can genetically engineer them to have bigger arses....

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I can hear Morgan Freeman narrating March of the Big Assed Penguins now.

"And so, as the big assed penguins finish their long march to the ocean, they prepare to dive into the frigid water.  Unfortunately, due to an error in the genetic engineering process, once in the water their anuses fill with water and the penguins drown, from the bottom up."

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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 4:48 pm
(February 23, 2017 at 3:18 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Everything was big back then.

If the environment provides for being big, things start to grow. But it's also true the other way round. They found pet dinosaurs on a remote island. Not enough food to grow to the size of houses, so nature took care of that.
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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 5:37 pm (This post was last modified: February 23, 2017 at 5:42 pm by TheRealJoeFish.)
Every penguin is the size of a human, depending on the age of the human.
Some dragonflies had wingspans of up to 28 inches. Some combination of higher oxygen content, higher air density, and lack of flying predators (birds weren't a thing back then) allowed this size. There's some scientific dispute about which was most important, but the most popular thought seems to be that oxygen/air density set an upper bound on insect size, and then the average size within that upper bound is dictated largely by predation forces.

But srsly megafauna and prehistoric gigantism is one of my favorite things to read about.
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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 5:52 pm
(February 23, 2017 at 4:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Probably just fossilized nuns.

I went to Catholic school for 12 horrifying years. Trust me – ALL nuns are fossilized.

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February 23, 2017 at 6:47 pm
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Nasty bitches, too.  This one looks like the back of my balls.
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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 8:28 pm
(February 23, 2017 at 6:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: [Image: mean-nun.jpg]


Nasty bitches, too.  This one looks like the back of my balls.

Please don't tell us how you know that.

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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 8:31 pm
(February 23, 2017 at 3:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(February 23, 2017 at 3:18 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/89731...-dinosaurs


Everything was big back then.

And I thought Emperor Penguins were big...

All the talk about reconstructing mammoths and dinos from old DNA just faded to insignificance.

BRING BACK THE GIANT PENGUINS!!!

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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 8:36 pm
But we'll get bigger, better explosions.

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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 8:53 pm
(February 23, 2017 at 3:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: All the talk about reconstructing mammoths and dinos from old DNA just faded to insignificance.

BRING BACK THE GIANT PENGUINS!!!

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RE: Penguins the Size of Humans (Fossils found)
February 23, 2017 at 10:41 pm
Emperor penguins are already over 4 foot. So that's like a small person. So these ancient penguins aren't actually that much bigger.

It needs to be the size of a Tyrannosaurus. Then I'd be impressed.

Besides, we've already known a human sized penguin here at AF. And he wasn't impressive either.
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