Scientists Discover Fossil Of 'Man Sized' Penguin In New Zealand

In a real 'stuff of nightmares' type of scenario, archeologists have found remnants of a man sized penguin on the coast of New Zealand.

Fossil hunters found fragments of a fossil encased inside a rock on Hampden beach in Otago, with the remnants suggesting the penguin stood at a whopping 1.77m and weighed around 100kgs.

Yeah, you read that right: a hundred kilo, 5"8 tall penguin.

The fossil is reportedly around 50-60 million years old.

“It would most likely have been slimmer too and not so cute looking,” said Gerald Mayrat the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt. 

“It’s one of the tallest penguins that has ever been found.”

For a bit of reference, the emperor penguin is the world's tallest giving penguin standing at 1.22m.