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[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

So huggable!

[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good that they provided both the Emperor penguin and human penguin for scale.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Wenk wenk wenk!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Based on that description, that dude on the left is a tall fella.

[–] Tar_alcaran 13 points 3 days ago

1m90ish is 7cm taller than the average Dutch male.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Including large boots, hat, and hood. And also fairly tall.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Trump would say it was him but he was even bigger than mega penguin and more handsome. Also love how guy is out there in his timbs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Make Antarctica Great Again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Another one for you. there are no extant true penguins. What we see now are covergently evolved flightless birds. True penguins went extinct.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk

The great auk (Pinguinus impennis), also known as the penguin or garefowl, is an extinct species of flightless alcid that first appeared around 400,000 years ago and became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It was not closely related to the penguins of the Southern Hemisphere, which were named for their resemblance to this species.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

rest impennis

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Only pingwings, no penguins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Wait what? Damn I didn't know that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Megapenguin Grandpa: Kids, did I ever tell you about when the Gigapenguins overthrew the Terapenguins?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well now I want to talk to you about an extinct species of hairy-ass elephants. And they had hair all over, not just on their ass!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Fun fact, they were bald everywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The girl will still date him over meeting you in the woods.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Of course, he is 6'7 after all.

[–] peteypete420 3 points 3 days ago

But her dress is actually blue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think he fits in my car. I could take him too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Dude don't you have a department of health and human services to run?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Megafauna is (are?) dope

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

I was planning to, but work has been hell today. I’ve barely had any time to shitpost.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

it's just a dude in a costume

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Ok but was it a true penguin, or a false penguin like all the extant species today?

https://youtu.be/KjEWiRtByIA

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All modern penguins are pseudo-penguins.

Penguins are the Linux mascot.

sudo sounds like "pseudo" (unless you are one of those people who pronounces it Sue-dew or sud-Oh, in which case, I don't like you).

Sudo penguin. Heh.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] FeatherConstrictor 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

And who says "sue-dew"???

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Strong lovecraftian vibes here.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Waluigi's fursona.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, but I'm not a bird 😎

[–] Sculptor9157 6 points 3 days ago

Are you sure?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I can go on a plane, the fact that they cant is a certified skill issue :3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They can sabotage helicopters when Mango Mussolini levies tariffs on them, it's a start.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

"They'll expect to find one of us in the wreckage, brother!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

They can also go in a plane, so it's not really a skill issue. They might not be allowed on board, but that's an issue of discrimination, not skill.

The real skill issue is how much better they can swim compared to you, or really any human.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I want this as my next album cover.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I want one! Gimme!

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