Dna Studies Suggest Emperor Is Most Ancient of Penguins

Posted by tadelste on Oct 11, 2005 6:24 AM EDT
New York Times; By CARL ZIMMER
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Penguins are some of the most improbable animals on the planet. They have wings and feathers but cannot fly. They are not fish, but they have been recorded as deep as 1,755 feet underwater. And the most improbable is the emperor penguin, which waddles across 70 miles of Antarctic ice to reach its breeding grounds. New research on penguin DNA suggests that the emperor also has the most ancient lineage of living penguins.

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