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Giant 'toothed' birds flew over Antarctica 40 million to 50 million years ago

  • Written by Peter A. Kloess, Doctoral Candidate, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Giant 'toothed' birds flew over Antarctica 40 million to 50 million years agoFossil remains indicate these birds had a wingspan of over 20 feet.Brian Choo, CC BY-NC-SA

Picture Antarctica today and what comes to mind? Large ice floes bobbing in the Southern Ocean? Maybe a remote outpost populated with scientists from around the world? Or perhaps colonies of penguins puttering amid vast open tracts of snow?

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