holocene fauna: Penguins

deposits of the Antarctic continent expose an extravagant variety of animals somehow evolved independently of any other species on the planet. is a variety of mammals and birds very strange.

the penguin appears to be the most cosmopolitan in this place, finding large numbers of individuals. these birds are totally different from any other because of their anatomy, is plantigrade, has well developed wings, but also useless as manipulators reaching. the underdeveloped hands only have one finger, indicating he may have had a large claw that covered it.
the sternum is quite disproportionate to their body and their wings, like his scapula and pelvis. this suggests it was a pretty strong birds, with muscles that could have helped propel, but how? Some theories suggest there may have been an aquatic animal, but small limbs in relation to its body has ruled that out. other more interesting, explains that these species are mainly dragged to the ground on their bellies, and used their short limbs to move and propel. the sternum had a form that allowed him that. was piscivorous, which has made the theory that it was water could prove to be true, but actually these animals probably lived in some kind of plain swamp covered with coarse amounts of water, which would explain because there are fish.

the evidence of large settlements of penguins in some places proved that these animals gathered in huge quantities as a means of defense against pinnipeds, who were strangers terrestrial omnivores with legs sideways, almost like reptiles. some of these great monsters containing residues of these rare birds, indicating that if any could predated, however, should've fought with hordes of hundreds of these birds to be grouped, forming a massive force which could have killed these fearsome predators. using his arms, then quickly drove to use his legs as a spring to jump to great heights, giving an advantage to attack. hundreds of these falling on their predators end up repelling or killing him.