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[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week 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 week 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 5 points 1 week ago
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Only pingwings, no penguins.

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

Wait what? Damn I didn't know that.