Penguins

Penguins are chubby, little flightless birds. Because they are usually adorned with black and white plumage, they often look like they are wearing a tuxedo. Which is kind of silly when you stop to think about it, as birds really have no cause to wear formal attire. Unlike other birds, these pudgy little things are useless in terms of flying, but make out pretty okay when it comes to water sports. Penguins live in the Southern hemisphere, though some may inhabit regions closer to the equator, such as the Galápagos Islands. Contrary to popular belief, there are no penguins at the North Pole.

The largest and dare we say it, fattest of all penguin species are the Emperor Penguins. They can stand up to 44 inches in height and weigh up to 100 pounds! Little fat-asses. Who would think that eating fish all day long would yield such a heavy bird?

In fiction, penguins appear regularly in the Batman multimedia franchise. One of Batman's most notorious foes, Oswald C. Cobblepot, takes his nom de plume, The Penguin, from these creatures. Cobblepot has a fixation on all birds, but the Penguin nickname sticks given his short stature, robust size and black and white attire. Penguins appeared in the 1992 feature film Batman Returns, wherein they were fitted with little bombs and rockets and did Cobblepot's bidding. After Cobblepot died, a troupe of Emperor Penguins served as pallbearers, dragging his body down into the water. In the film, seven of the Emperor Penguin funeral entourage were actually played by actors including, Robert N. Bell, Niki Botelho, Susan Rossitto, Margarita Fernandez, Denise Killpack, Felix Silla and Debbie Lee Carrington.