Giant Penguins Just Not In Billy Madison
My children love the movie Billy Madison. Who does not like Adam Sandler and his brand of child like humor? He is a likeable guy who put out a string of comedies during the 90’s that kept people entertained and made him a big star. An early scene from Billy Madison is when Adam is coming up to the house from the pool. His buddies have been drinking all day and it is the day his nudie magazine arrives. As he approaches the house, he sees a giant penguin that taunts him. In a drunken stupor he tries to catch the penguin and creates quite a mess. Well, we have confirmation that giant penguins did exist. Unfortunately, they died out long before Adam Sandler wrote them into the script.
I an article in Yahoo today, they detail the findings of the bones of giant penguins found in Peru. Scientists date these skeletons to one of the warmest periods in the last 65 million years. So it is confirmed that giant penguins lived during a very warm period in our history. We now find penguins living in the coldest areas of our world. Just ask any of the numerous movie animations released in the last two years staring penguins and you will find out that we are trying to return them to their warm weather ancestry. Man is destroying the environment of the penguins by making poor movies that detail how penguins feel. Last I heard, birds didn’t talk and CO2 was a by-product of respiration.
The article really shows how animals adapt to their environment. As the environment changes, animals either adapt of die. Since giant penguins have not been seen, except in the movies, there is a good likelihood that they no longer exist. However, the species adapted and continues to thrive in other environments. Adaptation has been going on for millions of years and there are still new species being discovered by man every year. Since they have not found any SUV’s in the archeological sites, I do not think that man can be blamed for the penguin’s extinction. Maybe the archeologists will find a stone age Fred Flintstone style vehicle near the site so we can assign the blame to the correct party.
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Cobb
I an article in Yahoo today, they detail the findings of the bones of giant penguins found in Peru. Scientists date these skeletons to one of the warmest periods in the last 65 million years. So it is confirmed that giant penguins lived during a very warm period in our history. We now find penguins living in the coldest areas of our world. Just ask any of the numerous movie animations released in the last two years staring penguins and you will find out that we are trying to return them to their warm weather ancestry. Man is destroying the environment of the penguins by making poor movies that detail how penguins feel. Last I heard, birds didn’t talk and CO2 was a by-product of respiration.
The article really shows how animals adapt to their environment. As the environment changes, animals either adapt of die. Since giant penguins have not been seen, except in the movies, there is a good likelihood that they no longer exist. However, the species adapted and continues to thrive in other environments. Adaptation has been going on for millions of years and there are still new species being discovered by man every year. Since they have not found any SUV’s in the archeological sites, I do not think that man can be blamed for the penguin’s extinction. Maybe the archeologists will find a stone age Fred Flintstone style vehicle near the site so we can assign the blame to the correct party.
Icool
Cobb
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