Other Roger: Well, here we are! The north pole! Roger: Are those penguins over there? Other Roger: Yeah. Why? Roger: Don't penguins live at the south pole? Other Roger: Stupid Mapquest. Roger: So should we turn around or keep going?
Since Roger’s dreaming, they could be great auks (Pinguinis impennis ; this bird became extinct in 1844 as a result of over-harvesting by humans). The great auk was widespread and common in the Northern Hemisphere. Like penguins, it was flightless, semiaquatic, black and white, and ate fish. The great auk’s closest living relatives include puffins and guillemots. Its mass was about 11 pounds; it was about the size of the present-day Adélie penguin of Antarctica.
Sources:
•Austin, Oliver L., Jr.. “PENGUINS—Sphenisciformes”. Birds of the World , 1983 edition. illustrated by Arthur Singer, edited by Herbert S. Zim, Golden Press, 1961, page 29.
•Beacham, Walton (editor). “Species Accounts: Extinct Birds of North America”. The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Extinct Species of Modern Times , Beacham Publishing Corp., 1997, pp. 191-193.
•Piper, Ross. “Fewer Than 200 Years Ago”. Extinct Animals: An Encyclopedia of Species that Have Disappeared during Human History , illustrated by Renata Cunha and Phil Miller, Greenwood Press, 2009, pp. 38-41.
jslicer9 almost 13 years ago
lol
adddennisw4 almost 12 years ago
perhaps this would be a good time for a hot chocolate break.
Marathon Zack almost 10 years ago
As to the question in the final frame: Yes.
TheEmeraldPark about 6 years ago
hahahaha
alexzinuro about 1 year ago
Since Roger’s dreaming, they could be great auks (Pinguinis impennis ; this bird became extinct in 1844 as a result of over-harvesting by humans). The great auk was widespread and common in the Northern Hemisphere. Like penguins, it was flightless, semiaquatic, black and white, and ate fish. The great auk’s closest living relatives include puffins and guillemots. Its mass was about 11 pounds; it was about the size of the present-day Adélie penguin of Antarctica.
Sources:
•Austin, Oliver L., Jr.. “PENGUINS—Sphenisciformes”. Birds of the World , 1983 edition. illustrated by Arthur Singer, edited by Herbert S. Zim, Golden Press, 1961, page 29.
•Beacham, Walton (editor). “Species Accounts: Extinct Birds of North America”. The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Extinct Species of Modern Times , Beacham Publishing Corp., 1997, pp. 191-193.
•Piper, Ross. “Fewer Than 200 Years Ago”. Extinct Animals: An Encyclopedia of Species that Have Disappeared during Human History , illustrated by Renata Cunha and Phil Miller, Greenwood Press, 2009, pp. 38-41.