The largest penguin species ever discovered has been unearthed in Antarctica, and its size is almost incomprehensible.
In fact, if it were alive today the penguin could have looked basketball superstar LeBron James square in the eyes.
Appropriately dubbed the "colossus penguin," Palaeeudyptes klekowskii was truly the Godzilla of aquatic birds.
Scientists calculated the penguin's dimensions by scaling the sizes of its bones against those of modern penguin species.
They estimate that the bird probably would have weighed about 250 pounds — again, roughly comparable to LeBron James.
By comparison, the largest species of penguin alive today, the emperor penguin, is "only" about 4 feet tall and can weigh as much as 100 pounds.
The 37-million-year-old colossus penguin would have been comparable to LeBron James in height and weight. »
