Penguins today may be adorable, but they may have been terrifying 60 million years ago. In a scientific paper released Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, it was revealed that ancient penguins were as big as a grown man.
According to the Associated Press, the newly discovered fossils from New Zealand show that 56 to 60 million years ago this penguin measured nearly 5 feet 10 inches and weighed in at 223 pounds. Or to put it another way, it was roughly the size of Pittsburgh Penguin hockey player Sidney Crosby.
Source: AP