European penguin

European penguin

Did you know? there used to be a European penguin. It was distinguished in 1844. and the penguin on the south pole is actually called up after this one. it was a pretty big bird. between 70-80 cm from the beak to the back. it was finally distinguished after 300 hundred years of aggressive hunting on it. It was tasty and rely easy to catch. can you imagine. every time you were hungry, you could just go out and pick a penguin.

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Thanks Kitten! I was

Thanks Kitten!

I was researching a bit more about this, and can´t find the original link to this story anymore... But I did find another reference about it on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Auk