KUMIMANU: THE GIANT PENGUIN THAT TIPPED THE SCALES

Kumimanu adapted from Nobu TamuraSome penguins belong on postcards. This one deserves its own weigh station.Around 57 million years ago, an enormous penguin swam through the seas of what is now Aotearoa New Zealand. Known from fossils described in 2023 as Kumimanu fordycei, this ancient marine lovely had an estimated body mass of around 150 kilograms.That is a great deal of penguin.The