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New Giant Penguin Species Unearthed in New Zealand

Kairuku waewaeroa roamed Earth during the Oligocene epoch, between 27 and 35 million years ago. “The penguin is similar to the Kairuku giant penguins first described from Otago but has much longer legs,” said Dr. Daniel Thomas, a senior lecturer in zoology in the School of Natural and Computational Sciences at Massey University.

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