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[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 55 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Wenk wenk wenk!

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Make Antarctica Great Again

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month 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.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month 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.

[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

rest impennis

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Only pingwings, no penguins.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Wait what? Damn I didn't know that.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's just a dude in a costume

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month 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!

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Fun fact, they were bald everywhere else.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Of course, he is 6'7 after all.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

But her dress is actually blue.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

https://youtu.be/KjEWiRtByIA

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Strong lovecraftian vibes here.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want one! Gimme!

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, but I'm not a bird 😎

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Are you sure?

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Waluigi's fursona.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I want this as my next album cover.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Megafauna is (are?) dope

[–] immortal_crab@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

So huggable!

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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