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minus-squareCaptain_Buddha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-212 days agoAren’t they only called penguins because of their resemblance to the now extinct great Auk, a Northern pole bird? Which would justify the attachment to the North pole and Santa?
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoProbably. Humans driving real penguins to extinction, travelling to the geographic south: Eh, close enough. Tis a penguin.
minus-squarequalia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoGreat phylogenetics YouTuber discusses this very connection.
Aren’t they only called penguins because of their resemblance to the now extinct great Auk, a Northern pole bird? Which would justify the attachment to the North pole and Santa?
Probably. Humans driving real penguins to extinction, travelling to the geographic south:
Eh, close enough. Tis a penguin.
Great phylogenetics YouTuber discusses this very connection.