Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Giant penguins may have roamed Peru

Giant penguins as tall as 5 feet roamed what is now Peru more than 40 million years ago. Known mostly for their presence in Antarctica, penguins today live in many islands in the Southern Hemisphere, some even near the equator.

Now, researchers report in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have found remains of two types of penguin in Peru that date to 40 million years ago.

One of them was a 5-foot giant with a long sharp beak. [ ...more ]

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