Giant Penguins Running Wild in Peru!!!

Well, 35 million years ago, anyhow. Interestingly, they would have been roaming around a desert, which calls into question their original development being in a cold climate. At National Geographic, “Giant Penguins Once Roamed Peru Desert, Fossils Show”,

The new study describes two new species of penguins from fossils, including the first complete skull from an ancient giant penguin.

That species, which the authors say lived in Peru about 36 million years ago, is the third largest penguin known and stood about 4.5 feet (1.5 meters) tall.

The other, dating to 42 million years, was about three feet (a meter) tall, which is comparable to the today’s second largest living penguin, the king penguin.