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Re:Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (... by paulie_a on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @06:27PM (#18870093)
For some reason I thought they could sort of fly. Not high or great distances. Less then a turkey, but still in the range of a few feet.
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Re:Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (... by mark-r on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @07:11PM (#18870375)
Their wings evolved into flippers more or less. Optimizing for that meant that flight was no longer possible.
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