Just looking around you can discover any type of fossils and scientists discovered a penguins one. But it was not a normal one. As they studied the fossil they found out that when the penguin stretched it was about 1.5 meters long. The beak was about 23 centimeters and it weighed from 55-60kg. The amazing thing about this bird was that his feathers stayed in the right order and scientist are now trying to find out more. Estimating, the fossil is about 36 million years old. What makes the penguin different is also the color. Usual penguins are black and white, this one was gray and brown. Scientist named this penguin Inkayacu. You might also want to read about it more, well then go to:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63919/title/A_giant_penguin_plumed_in_earth_tones
by Susan Milius published on Thursday,September 30th,2010
That sounds like a cool penguin.That was a long time ago. That is a heavy and big beak.
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