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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsToday is Penguin Awareness Day.
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/penguin-awareness-day/https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/penguin-awareness-day
https://www.facebook.com/PenguinAwarenessDays/
There's a lot of other stuff going on, but we mustn't forget about our little flightless friends.
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Today is Penguin Awareness Day. (Original Post)
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2018
OP
Bayard
(22,241 posts)1. I love the 3 in the foreground watching
Happy Penguin day!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. Squee
raven mad
(4,940 posts)3. I love these flitterdigibbets!
And every tourist thinks we have them way up here................ Tourists.................
Fla Dem
(23,887 posts)4. I actually did not know penguins could fly.
Loved how the 3 penguins on the ground are kind of saying the same thing..."OMG, I didn't know we could fly!"
It's not a real footage.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,003 posts)6. They can't. The gif is from an April Fools video
made by the BBC a few years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_penguins
Fla Dem
(23,887 posts)7. Well it fooled me. Duh!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,003 posts)8. Here's the whole thing:
sl8
(14,037 posts)9. Oh no, I missed it!
Darn.
Thanks for the video.
Here's penguin story from last week:
From http://www.independent.co.uk/video/News/penguin-video-funny-antarctic-expediton-boat-canoe-australia-division-a8165921.html
(Video at link)
Curious penguin jumps into expedition boat in Antarctica
Researchers say he wasn't the only one.
Tom Richell 3 days ago
Researchers in Antarctica didn't have to pick up a penguin because one jumped into their boat.
The creature popped up for a quick visit while the Australia Antarctic Division were on an expedition in his waters.
The team said he wasn't the only one and eight more inquisitive penguins came by to investigate
Researchers say he wasn't the only one.
Tom Richell 3 days ago
Researchers in Antarctica didn't have to pick up a penguin because one jumped into their boat.
The creature popped up for a quick visit while the Australia Antarctic Division were on an expedition in his waters.
The team said he wasn't the only one and eight more inquisitive penguins came by to investigate
Edit to add video of different penguin, visiting tourists in Zodiak:
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,003 posts)10. Squee! I love penguins!
Thanks for the videos!
tblue37
(65,552 posts)12. At about 2'10" " he reaches a wing out and rests it on the man's arm, then leaves it there
for about 19 seconds!
edbermac
(15,952 posts)11. About time!