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Line 37: Penguins seem to have no fear of humans, and have approached groups of explorers without hesitation. ==Evolution== These once mighty creatures fell from the skies and inhabbited the now Antarctica. They eat sardines and other little fishies such as ><>. The DNA of a Penguin is a rainbow. yes thats right scientists a rainbow. Now most of you don't know but penguins are red dragons waiting to besiege earth and have the elves come back for total war fare. Don't believe in those little cute looks. I mean you know when you go to aquariums and you see those evil looking penguins that have those extremly large eye brows. Yes now you believe me. Penguins do not reproduce at all. Eggs just appear randomly in the snow and hatch when the snow melts from the 550 degree celcius heat.The eggs come from the inner core of the earth where mother nature lives. Mother nature is the creator of all dragons which she has a halographic projectors which she uses as a fake images for the "penguins" aka dragons. The evolutionary history of penguins is poorly understood, as penguin fossils are rare. The oldest known [[fossil]] penguin species are the ''[[Waimanu]]'', which lived in the early [[Paleocene]] epoch of [[New Zealand]], about 62 million years ago. While they were not as well adapted to aquatic life as modern penguins (which first emerged in the [[Eocene]] epoch 40 million years ago), ''Waimanu'' were flightless and loon-like, with short wings adapted for deep diving. These fossils prove that prehistoric penguins were already flightless and seagoing, so their origins probably reach as far back as 65 million years ago, before the extinction of the [[dinosaurs]]. Penguin ancestry beyond ''Waimanu'' is not well known, though some scientists (Mayr, 2005) think the penguin-like [[Plotopteridae\|plotopterids]] (usually considered relatives of [[anhinga]]s and [[cormorant]]s) may actually be an early sister group of the penguins, and that penguins may have ultimately shared a common ancestor with the [[Pelecaniformes]]. I'm hear talking to the world reknowned export of dragon mythology. he is like a genius. He has been bitten twice by these so called penguins and been burned 52 times by a volcanic eruption caused by the mad crazed penguin dragons. If you have ever observed penguins will fly in the sky when no one is around. only 1 dragon has ever been spotted off the coast of santa claus' house in the north pole. During the Late [[Eocene]] and the Early [[Oligocene]] (40-30 [[mya (unit)\|MYA]]), some lineages of gigantic penguins existed. [[Nordenskjoeld's Giant Penguin]] was the tallest, growing nearly 1.80 meters (6 feet) tall. The heaviest known species was with at least 80 kg the [[New Zealand Giant Penguin]]. Both were found on [[New Zealand]], the former also in the Antarctic. ~~They don't wish to battle the present making elves because they are nice and make us presents. They will evolve one day from dragons to Super dragons. HEED my WARNING and flee to the moon !~~ ~~p.s bring water and food, and don't forget air. ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?~~ '''Palaeeudyptines'''<br> Traditionally, most extinct species of penguins, giant or small, have been placed in the [[paraphyletic]] sub-family called Palaeeudyptinae. More recently, it is becoming accepted that there were at least 2 major extinct lineages, one or two closely related ones from [[Patagonia]] and at least one other with pan-[[Antarctic]] and [[subantarctic]] distribution. For a complete list of these generarations, see below. ===Systematics=== (updated after Marples, 1962, and Acosta Hospitaleche, 2004)<!-- add: Auk121:422 Cladistics21:209 ---> '''ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES''' * ''[[Waimanu]]'' * '''Family Spheniscidae''' '''Subfamily [[Palaeeudyptinae]]''' (Giant penguins, [[fossil]]) * ''[[Palaeeudyptes]]'' * ''[[Archaeospheniscus]]'' * ''[[Anthropornis]]'' ** Nordenskjoeld's Giant Penguin, ''[[Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi]]'' * ''[[Crossvallia]]'' (tentatively assigned to this subfamily) * ''[[Delphinornis]]'' * ''[[Pachydyptes]]'' * ''[[Platydyptes]]'' * ''[[Anthropodyptes]]'' (tentatively assigned to this subfamily) '''Subfamily Paraptenodytinae''' (Patagonian stout-legged penguins, [[fossil]]) * ''[[Paraptenodytes]]'' * ''[[Arthrodytes]]'' '''Subfamily Palaeospheniscinae''' (Patagonian slender-legged penguins, [[fossil]]) * ''[[Palaeospheniscus]]'' - includes ''Chubutodyptes'' '''Subfamily Spheniscinae''' (modern penguins) * ''[[Aptenodytes]]'' <!--[[Image:Penguins Edinburgh Zoo 2004 SMC.jpg\|100px]]--> [[King Penguin]], ''Aptenodytes patagonicus'' <!--[[Image:Emperor penguins.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Emperor Penguin]], ''Aptenodytes forsteri'' [[Ridgen's Penguin]], ''Aptenodytes ridgeni'' ([[fossil]]) * ''[[Pygoscelis]]'' ** <!--[[Image:Pygoscelis papua.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Gentoo Penguin]], ''Pygoscelis papua'' [[Tyree's Penguin]], ''Pygoscelis tyreei'' ([[fossil]]) <!--[[Image:Adelie Penguin.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Adelie Penguin]], ''Pygoscelis adeliae'' <!--[[Image:Penguinu.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Chinstrap Penguin]], ''Pygoscelis antarctica'' ''Pygoscelis grandis'' ([[fossil]]) ?''Pygoscelis'' small sp. ([[fossil]], may be different genus) * ''[[Eudyptes]]'' ** <!--[[Image:Emperor Penguin in Edinburgh Zoo 2004 SMCs.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Rockhopper Penguin]], ''Eudyptes chrysocome'' <!--[[Image:Fiordland penguin (Mattern).jpg\|100px]]--> [[Fiordland Penguin]], ''Eudyptes pachyrhynchus'' <!--[[Image:SnaresPenguin (Mattern).jpg\|100px]]--> [[Snares Penguin]], ''Eudyptes robustus'' [[Royal Penguin]], ''Eudyptes schlegeli'' [[Erect-crested Penguin]], ''Eudyptes sclateri'' <!--[[Image:MacaroniPenguinJM.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Macaroni Penguin]], ''Eudyptes chrysolophus'' Chatham Islands Penguin, ''Eudyptes'' sp. ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds\|prehistoric]]?) * ''[[Megadyptes]]'' ** <!--[[Image:MegadyptesAntipodes.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Yellow-eyed Penguin]], ''Megadyptes antipodes'' * ''[[Eudyptula]]'' ** <!--[[Image:Little Penguin.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Little Penguin]] (Blue or Fairy Penguin), ''Eudyptula minor'' [[White-Flippered Penguin]], ''Eudyptula albosignata'' * ''[[Spheniscus]]'' ** ''[[Spheniscus predemersus]]'' ([[fossil]]) <!--[[Image:Penguin.jackass.arp.500pix.jpg\|100px]]--> [[African Penguin]] (Jackass or Blackfooted Penguin), ''Spheniscus demersus'' ''Spheniscus chilensis'' ([[fossil]]) ''Spheniscus megaramphus'' ([[fossil]]) ''Spheniscus urbinai'' ([[fossil]]) <!--[[Image:Magellanic-penguin02.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Magellanic Penguin]], ''Spheniscus magellanicus'' <!--[[Image:Humboldt Penguin.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Humboldt Penguin]], ''Spheniscus humboldti'' <!--[[Image:6277_aquaimages.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Galápagos Penguin]], ''Spheniscus mendiculus'' <!--[[Image:6285_aquaimages.jpg\|100px]]--> [[Galápagos Penguin]], ''Spheniscus mendiculus'' '''Not asssigned to a subfamily''' (all [[fossil]]) * ''[[Dege (penguin)\|Dege]]'' * ''[[Duntroonornis]]'' * ''[[Eretiscus]] * ''[[Insuza]]'' * ''[[Korora (bird)\|Korora]]'' * ''[[Marplesornis]]'' * ''[[Marambiornis]]'' * ''[[Mesetaornis]]'' * ''[[Nucleornis]]'' * ''[[Pseudaptenodytes]]'' * ''[[Tonniornis]]'' * ''[[Wimanornis]]'' == Anatomy ==

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