A fossilized partial skeleton of an ancient giant penguin has been described:
The remnants of an ancient penguin that stood as tall as a grown man have been found encased in rock on a beach in New Zealand.
Fossil hunters chanced upon the prehistoric bones in sedimentary rock that formed 55 to 60 million years ago on what is now Hampden beach in Otago on the country's south island.
Measurements of the partial skeleton show that the flightless bird weighed about 100 kilograms and had a body length of 1.77m (5ft 10in), equal to the average height of an American man. Emperor penguins, the tallest penguin species alive today, reach only 1.2m when fully grown.
[...] The pieces of the latest skeleton, including wing, spine, breast and leg bones, were first discovered more than a decade ago, but the rock holding the fossilised bones was so hard that it has taken until now for researchers to prepare and study the remains.
A Paleocene penguin from New Zealand substantiates multiple origins of gigantism in fossil Sphenisciformes (open, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01959-6) (DX)
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Taibhsear on Wednesday December 13 2017, @04:23PM (2 children)
Is that the term dudebros at the gym use when their fragile masculinity is feeling intimidated?
5'9" is the average male in US, 5'4" for women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_average_human_height_worldwide [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Wednesday December 13 2017, @08:55PM (1 child)
5'9"... pathetic.
Glad that I'm one in a million... Literally... 6'11" (approx 2.1m)
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @04:09PM
Congratulations on winning the genetic height lottery. It's not like you did anything to accomplish such a feat so I'm not sure why you're looking down from that 6'11" high horse. Also: nobodycares.jpg