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| − | The '''Albino Penguin''' (''Aptenodytes albus'') is a fictional species of penguin which appears in [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s 1936 novella ''[[At the Mountains of Madness]]''. The narrator, [[William Dyer]], describes them as standing six-feet-tall, making them larger than even the Emperor Penguin, which in reality is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species. |
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| + | |alias = ''Aptenodytes albus'' |
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| − | The modern Albino Penguins discovered by Dyer and [[Danforth]] in ''At the Mountains of Madness'' are concluded through sculptures to be descendants of archaic penguins bred by the [[Elder Thing]]s. When Antarctica became glaciated, the penguins retreated to a heated underground abyss, although years of evolution in these depths "destroyed their pigmentation and atrophied their eyes to mere useless slits." |
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| + | |origin = [[Antarctica]], [[Earth]] |
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| + | |habitat = Heated caves |
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| + | |affiliations = Elder Things |
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| + | |height = 6 feet |
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| + | |feathers = White |
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| + | |eyes = Useless slits |
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| + | |created by = [[Howard Phillips Lovecraft]] |
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| + | |name = Albino Penguin |
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| + | The '''Albino penguins''' ('''Aptenodytes albus''') are a species of penguin described by explorer [[William Dyer]], as standing six-feet-tall, making them larger than even the Emperor Penguin, making it the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species. The modern Albino Penguins discovered by Dyer and [[Danforth]] in Antarctic mountains near the [[Elder Thing]] city are concluded through sculptures to be descendants of archaic penguins bred by the Elder Things. When Antarctica became glaciated, the penguins retreated to a heated underground abyss, although years of evolution in these depths "destroyed their pigmentation and atrophied their eyes to mere useless slits." Despite being incredibly large, they are harmless, calm and apathetic towards humans. Having lived side by side with the Elder things, they learned to be unbothered by their horrible stench. However, the smell of the [[shoggoth]]s will put them in a frenzied panic. |
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Revision as of 01:23, 9 February 2020
The Albino penguins (Aptenodytes albus) are a species of penguin described by explorer William Dyer, as standing six-feet-tall, making them larger than even the Emperor Penguin, making it the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species. The modern Albino Penguins discovered by Dyer and Danforth in Antarctic mountains near the Elder Thing city are concluded through sculptures to be descendants of archaic penguins bred by the Elder Things. When Antarctica became glaciated, the penguins retreated to a heated underground abyss, although years of evolution in these depths "destroyed their pigmentation and atrophied their eyes to mere useless slits." Despite being incredibly large, they are harmless, calm and apathetic towards humans. Having lived side by side with the Elder things, they learned to be unbothered by their horrible stench. However, the smell of the shoggoths will put them in a frenzied panic.