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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
imageFossil 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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