Diplomacy - part 3

...-place combatants. Realizing the Dinobots were more than a match for them, the Quintessons on the north front turned as one and moved south. Those in the front of the line pointed their long spearlike weapons directly upward and pulled hidden triggers, firing the spearheads into the two Sweeps’ wings and forcing them to collide in midair before crashing to the ground. Wounded and unsure when not ...

... noted. "In most cases, the larger individuals of a species or among related species are correlated with colder climes and higher latitudes." The beak of the large penguin—Icadyptes salasi—"looks remarkably spearlike," she said. But the researchers don't know its exact feeding style. The second new species—Perudyptes devriesi—was approximately the same size as a living King Penguin—2 1/2 to 3 ...