(Completely OT) Penguin chicks chasing a wild cat

[agate]

They look huge but they're penguin chicks, and they're chasing a wild cat who isn't so easily discouraged.

https://twitter.com/falklandsheli/st...73006afabdd2ec

[Virginia]

Agate. it says King Penguin chicks. I wonder if that means they are bigger than regular penguins? Look how big they look in proportion to that little cat! Sam could take all of them on, but no regular cat can.

[agate]

I can't imagine Sam retreating like that. Sam would stand her ground and not let a few penguin chicks get the better of her.

According to Wikipedia, King Penguins are the second largest type of penguin and are up to 39 inches tall. So they're fairly big. In the background you can see lots of other penguins that must be adult King Penguins but they're farther away and don't look so huge but they probably are.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

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Agate ~

Thank you for sharing this video. I've watched it several times, and I think that the cat is playing a game with the penguins, and they are obliging. Or, the cat is impeding their progress as they march on, and they are nudging the cat to stop playing and allow them to join the elders on the other side of the waterway.

Recently, I watched "Penguin Town," a Netflix docuseries, which follows endangered penguins in the South African resort village of Simon's Town. In the summer, the penguins come ashore to mate, make a nest and raise their offspring to fledging. The videography is astounding.

Some have criticized it for humanizing the penguins, as Patton Oswald narrates giving the penguins names and emotions. In my opinion, if this helps to awaken the public to the plight of these penguins, then that is what matters. I was emotionally attached to every penguin in this docuseries. They are intelligent, intuitive, and courageous.

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Rose

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THANKS!

[agate]

Sounds worth watching, Rose! I'm going to look it up and watch it. Thanks for mentioning it.

[Virginia]

Back when I was living in Memphis, Tn. there was a hotel that had penguins living in it. Every day one of the helpers there went to the top where they stayed, got them, and they walked to the elevator and went down to the pool. Then late in the day he would go escort them back to the elevators to go back up. So funny!

[agate]

The penguins were probably far less of a problem for the hotel than humans.

[clouds z]

thats funny