Take a look at New Zealand's extinct monster penguins

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Dr. Paul Scofield, senior curator natural history at Canterbury Museum, holds the fossil, a tibiotarsus, top, next to a similar bone of an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, NZ.
Dr. Paul Scofield, senior curator natural history at Canterbury Museum holds the fossil, a tibiotarsus, top, next to a similar bone of an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, NZ.
Dr. Paul Scofield, senior curator natural history at Canterbury Museum, holds the fossil, a tibiotarsus, left, next to a similar bone of an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, NZ.
This illustration provided by the Canterbury Museum, shows the approximate height of a giant penguin, a "crossvallia waiparensis" next to a human being.
The fossil, a tarsometatarsus, left, is displayed next to a similar bone for an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The fossil, a tibiotarsus, bottom, is displayed next to a similar bone for an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Take a look at New Zealand's extinct monster penguinsDr. Paul Scofield, senior curator natural history at Canterbury Museum, holds the fossil, a tibiotarsus, top, next to a similar bone of an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, NZ.
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