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Rift Royale is a battle royale game developed by Easy.gg, the developers behind BedWars and Islands. The game was inspired by Fortnite Battle Royale, and was an attempt to create an "awesome competitive game" within the Roblox platforms limitations. In August 2022, the game was shut down following a mass wave of exploiters rendering the game ...
Galapagos penguin. The Galápagos penguin ( Spheniscus mendiculus) is a penguin endemic to the Galápagos Islands and Ecuador. It is the only penguin found north of the equator. [ 4] Most inhabit Fernandina Island and the west coast of Isabela Island. [ 5] The cool waters of the Humboldt and Cromwell Currents allow it to survive despite the ...
Penguin. Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae ( / sfɪˈnɪsɪdiː, - daɪ /) of the order Sphenisciformes ( / sfɪˈnɪsəfɔːrmiːz / ). [ 4] They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator.
Emperor penguin. The emperor penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). Feathers of the head and back are black and sharply delineated ...
The dodo ( Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subfamily Raphinae, a clade of extinct flightless birds that were a part of the family ...
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh an average of 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and ...
List of penguins. Penguins are birds in the family Spheniscidae in the monotypic order Sphenisciformes. [ 1] They inhabit high-productivity marine habitats, almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere; the only species to occur north of the Equator is the Galapagos penguin. [ 2][ 3] The only group of birds other than the ratites to be ...
Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands ( Norwegian: [ˌnɪls ˈôːlɑv]) is a king penguin who resides in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot [ 3][ 4][ 5] and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. The name 'Nils Olav' and associated ranks have been passed down through three king penguins since 1972, the ...