Giant Penguin
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| Giant Penguin | ||
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| Creature | ||
| Name: | Giant Penguin | |
| AKA: | Palaeeudyptinae | |
| Classification | ||
| Grouping: | Cryptid | |
| Sub Grouping: | Megafauna | |
| Data | ||
| First Reported: | 1948 (Cryptid), 2006 (extinct animal) |
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| Last Sighted: | 1948 | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Region: | New Zealand (extinct animal), Florida (Cryptid) |
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| Status: | Extinct Animal | |
The giant penguin is an example of megafauna which is today presumed to be extinct. It is believed to have been approximately six feet in height, and walked the earth some 65 million years ago. The fossilized remains of a giant penguin were found along the shore of the northern island of New Zealand in February of 2006. [1]
[edit] Sightings
In 1948, several people reported seeing what appeared to be a giant penguin at Clearwater Beach in Florida. The huge bird was described as 15 feet tall and supposedly left giant tracks along the beach. During this same period, persons in a boat off the Florida Gulf coast reported seeing an extremely large penguin-like bird floating on the water. These incidents were reported in several newspapers. Later that year, another huge, penguin-like bird was seen by a private airplane pilot on the banks of the Suwannee River in northern Florida.
The giant penguin also appears in Jules Verne's novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth.
