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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

Wenk wenk wenk!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

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

[–] Tar_alcaran 13 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Make Antarctica Great Again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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] 5 points 3 weeks ago

rest impennis

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

Only pingwings, no penguins.

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

Wait what? Damn I didn't know that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

it's just a dude in a costume

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

Fun fact, they were bald everywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

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

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

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

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

Of course, he is 6'7 after all.

[–] peteypete420 3 points 3 weeks ago

But her dress is actually blue.

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

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Strong lovecraftian vibes here.

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

Yeah, somebody didn't read their At the Mountains of Madness.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] FeatherConstrictor 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And who says "sue-dew"???

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No, but I'm not a bird 😎

[–] Sculptor9157 7 points 4 weeks ago

Are you sure?

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

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks 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] 6 points 4 weeks ago

I want one! Gimme!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Waluigi's fursona.

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

I want this as my next album cover.

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

Megafauna is (are?) dope

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

So huggable!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I want one of those (in the Antarctic/Poles though)

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