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June 3, 2024 8:23 AM Subscribe
We've known about Genyornis newtoni for quite some time. The species, which died out around 45,000 years ago, was first described in 1913.
An imposing bird standing up to 2.25 meters (7.4 feet) tall and weighing up to 230 kilograms (510 pounds), Genyornis newtoni would have been a formidable presence in the grassland habitats it preferred across a vast swathe of the Australian continent.
But a new discovery suggests that we may have misinterpreted the bird.
Untitled Goose Game would be rather different with this protagonist, and I for one am here for this sequel.
HONK SMASH
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:42 AM on June 3 [9 favorites]
HONK SMASH
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:42 AM on June 3 [9 favorites]
more like Ginormous newtoni amirite
Casques (the bony bulge on the head) sometimes serve as a resonance chamber to enhance calls, so HOOONK indeed!
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:04 AM on June 3 [6 favorites]
Casques (the bony bulge on the head) sometimes serve as a resonance chamber to enhance calls, so HOOONK indeed!
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:04 AM on June 3 [6 favorites]
The species, which died out around 45,000 years ago...
Another victim of us.
posted by pracowity at 9:48 AM on June 3
Another victim of us.
posted by pracowity at 9:48 AM on June 3
What’s good for the goose is… extra good… for the extra goose.
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:48 AM on June 3 [6 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:48 AM on June 3 [6 favorites]
I kind of expected this to have been posted by chariot pulled by Genyornis newtoni.
posted by JSilva at 9:56 AM on June 3 [4 favorites]
posted by JSilva at 9:56 AM on June 3 [4 favorites]
rake in the lake, rake in the lake, rake in the lake...
posted by kaibutsu at 12:08 PM on June 3 [2 favorites]
posted by kaibutsu at 12:08 PM on June 3 [2 favorites]
Another victim of us.
The article fingers climate change but I guess that could have been us too indirectly.
posted by Mitheral at 12:17 PM on June 3
The article fingers climate change but I guess that could have been us too indirectly.
posted by Mitheral at 12:17 PM on June 3
The article fingers climate change but I guess that could have been us too indirectly.
Whatever happened, its goose was cooked.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:12 PM on June 3 [3 favorites]
Whatever happened, its goose was cooked.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:12 PM on June 3 [3 favorites]
It’s a beautiful day in the Pleistocene, and you are a giant, horrible goose
posted by Jon_Evil at 2:54 PM on June 3 [3 favorites]
posted by Jon_Evil at 2:54 PM on June 3 [3 favorites]
As a Canadian I am already well-trained to welcome our goose overlords.
Genyornis Genyormous newtoni amirite?
posted by heatherlogan at 5:52 PM on June 3 [3 favorites]
posted by heatherlogan at 5:52 PM on June 3 [3 favorites]
Thats a heckin honker is what
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 6:08 PM on June 3 [2 favorites]
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 6:08 PM on June 3 [2 favorites]
Yeah I don't see any evidence humans killed it.
But I am CERTAIN it killed humans now and again.
A GIANT FLIPPIN GOOSE
posted by tiny frying pan at 4:45 AM on June 4 [2 favorites]
But I am CERTAIN it killed humans now and again.
A GIANT FLIPPIN GOOSE
posted by tiny frying pan at 4:45 AM on June 4 [2 favorites]
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