Great phylogenetics YouTuber discusses this very connection.
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Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Aren’t they only called penguins because of there resemblance to the now extinct great Auk, which was a Northern pole bird?
qualia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Probably. Humans driving real penguins to extinction, travelling to the geographic south:
Eh, close enough. Tis a penguin.