Antarctica SHOCK: How scientists were STUNNED after discovering ‘COLOSSUS’ animal

However, one extinct animal discovered there left researchers scratching their heads.

David Walton, Professor at the British Antarctica Survey, revealed how a team uncovered an extinct species known as the Palaeeudyptes klekowskii or colossus penguin.

He told listeners on BBC’s Radio 4 “In our Time – Antarctica” how the extinct aquatic bird towered more than six feet in height.

He said in 2010: “As an ecologist, history is written in fossils.