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Le Penguini (mander.xyz)
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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

DYK there used to be an arctic penguin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk

Then when they got to the antarctic, they said hey they're here too! That's how the penguin got its name. But they weren't related.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Whenever I see an extinct animal from the past few hundred years I get tremendously sad that we’ll never have the opportunity to listen to a David Attenborough documentary about them.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago*

    I have great news for you, There’s a documentary series narrated by David Attenbrough called prehistoric planet. And is does exactly this. The next season will be on the most recent period (ie. ice age), so possible we will see these great auks that look like penguins.

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