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Tango0114 Aug 2019 9:30 p.m. PST

…New Zealand.

"A fossil discovery has added another entry to the list of comically large New Zealand birds: a 5-foot-tall penguin.

Just last week, we reported that researchers found fossil evidence of a child-size parrot in 16-million-year-old rock. Some of those same researchers have now announced the finding of a penguin that could have grown over 5 feet tall and weighed over 150 pounds, according to a press release from the Canterbury Museum. For comparison, today's emperor penguins can grow to 4 feet. These ancient penguins might have grown to a larger size for different reasons than New Zealand's other giant birds…."

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