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    Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home How does a bird, the same weight as a baby hippo, get itself out of the water?
    Chris explores details of the penguin's anatomy, using new scientific research to reveal how its legs, wings and body shape have allowed it to conquer an extraordinary range of habitats, from deep forests to tropical waters, bustling cities and even the toughest place on the planet - Antarctica.
    At first sight, penguins seem ill-suited to their environment - rotund abdomens, stubby little legs and stiff wings appear to make the going tough. But in fact it is these very traits that enable this bird to thrive.
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  • @miafine2584
    @miafine2584 10 лет назад +2569

    Penguins are so majestic underwater, and then on the ice they are wobbly, gorgeous little dumplings!

    • @seblatkovic5245
      @seblatkovic5245 5 лет назад

      55t a

    • @grytlappar
      @grytlappar 5 лет назад +58

      They're so surprisingly fast under water, they're like torpedos!!

    • @lmoral222
      @lmoral222 4 года назад +2

      I wonder how they taste

    • @donparker5349
      @donparker5349 4 года назад +12

      @@lmoral222 They taste like snow and fish. You thought they tasted like marshmallows, didn't you?
      *Note:* This is obviously a joke. Please don't get offended.

    • @bearmugs1408
      @bearmugs1408 4 года назад +5

      such a perfect way to sum a penguin up! "dumplings"

  • @bingesquad1
    @bingesquad1 3 года назад +65

    3:52One penguin be like “Nope I need more speed!” *takes left turn*

  • @Hecena14
    @Hecena14 5 лет назад +147

    My heart melted at 4:00 the cinematography is gorgeous with the background music

  • @yunona0816
    @yunona0816 7 лет назад +602

    the imagery is absolutely beautiful

  • @WSOJ3
    @WSOJ3 4 года назад +575

    The moment you realized the penguins were using supersonic torpedo technology to launch themselves out of the water..

    • @Strong70
      @Strong70 4 года назад +1

      Hahaha

    • @bigblue207
      @bigblue207 4 года назад +9

      I’m gonna be that guy but supersonic isn’t a thing underwater, water is an incompressible fluid

    • @rgudduu
      @rgudduu 4 года назад +2

      @@bigblue207 , explain plz

    • @bigblue207
      @bigblue207 4 года назад +7

      rgudduu so basically it has to do with the density of a fluid. Air and water are obviously both fluids and the technical definition of a fluid has to do with the fact that it deforms under a shear force or something, but that doesn’t really matter here. What matters is that water can’t change its density because of the chemical bonds being too strong or something. Air on the other hand, if you go fast enough, actually can change its density which results in effects like the shock wave and this is called compressible flow. I think the regime for compressible flow starts around 0.3 Mach. Engineers really just care about compressible flow because it changes the assumptions you can make about the flow but the bottom line is it’s way easier to break the sound barrier in water than air because the density of air changes when you go fast

    • @rgudduu
      @rgudduu 4 года назад +4

      @@bigblue207 , you meant "easier in air than water", no?

  • @Enthralpy
    @Enthralpy 6 лет назад +773

    4:20
    Cool penguins don't look at other penguins being cool.

  • @eu0522
    @eu0522 5 лет назад +307

    4:02 Hair Commercials be like

  • @maskedmoth8328
    @maskedmoth8328 6 лет назад +232

    4:19 "SQAAAAUUGGHHHH"

    • @criddlemonsta1
      @criddlemonsta1 5 лет назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 I don't even know why I'm laughing so hard at your comment.

    • @HeavymetalHylian
      @HeavymetalHylian 5 лет назад +3

      I was looking to see if someone pointed it out lol

    • @TEXAS2459
      @TEXAS2459 4 года назад

      lol

    • @LoveLondon5
      @LoveLondon5 4 года назад

      😂😂😂

  • @mercytanchiying
    @mercytanchiying 5 лет назад +82

    “This flightless bird finally becomes airborne” 😂😂

    • @brownebonygoddess4469
      @brownebonygoddess4469 3 года назад

      @Paulette and Ava HQ Right. So immature

    • @peaelle42
      @peaelle42 3 года назад +1

      -inserts penguin cry in slow-mo-

    • @lilkayta00
      @lilkayta00 2 года назад

      The hype is phenomenal 😂

  • @otto7848
    @otto7848 4 года назад +20

    This is why I love penguins so much. They're one of the most interesting animals you can see.

  • @Xynic48
    @Xynic48 4 года назад +46

    I was just wondering why there were bubbles when they were swimming. I initially thought it's vacuum bubbles because they swim fast, but I soon realized that's absurd. There's no way they can swim that fast. Glad it was explained in the end.

  • @NikoBellic04
    @NikoBellic04 4 года назад +23

    0:07 That penguin in tha backround is trying to yell us that the narrator is wrong.

  • @KevinNguyen-hx4ii
    @KevinNguyen-hx4ii 5 лет назад +24

    They're like freaking torpedoes

  • @bottlegang3187
    @bottlegang3187 4 года назад +27

    "How does a bird with a weight of a baby hippo get itself out of the water"
    Now I can't get the mental image of a baby hippo yeeting itself out of the water out of my head, thanks BBC.

  • @M1710
    @M1710 7 лет назад +68

    Amazing close up footage as they leave the water and while airborne.
    Happy Penguin Awareness Day!

  • @alaplaya5
    @alaplaya5 6 лет назад +423

    Dafuq?! How comes penguins learned about physics?!

    • @silvercat18
      @silvercat18 5 лет назад +150

      They eat fish and fish swim in schools!

    • @onlybooks6757
      @onlybooks6757 5 лет назад +69

      God taught them

    • @mehere8821
      @mehere8821 5 лет назад +40

      God taught them :)

    • @namaloompakistani1768
      @namaloompakistani1768 5 лет назад +34

      I want some atheist to answer this .
      I just want to laugh

    • @MehrunesKar
      @MehrunesKar 5 лет назад +64

      It is called evolution and adaptation

  • @verkaforever
    @verkaforever 9 лет назад +67

    This series ROCKS!

  • @chad8707
    @chad8707 6 лет назад +330

    45 dislike..
    they are must be leopard Seals.. really 😂😂 lol

  • @LauRa-re9un
    @LauRa-re9un 7 лет назад +90

    Astonishing.
    Astonishing related, astonishing wxplained, astonishing mechanism of the penguins, astonishing their intelligence, astonishing filmation, astonishing beautiful penguins that shine in the sun and in the water. The last scene from 4:03 until the end with their normal way of talk is amazing. Thanks!

  • @123numberwang
    @123numberwang 3 года назад +15

    “The more body fat, the more likely they are to survive the coming winter”
    Ooo, that’s a good excuse. I might start using that!

    • @dave5194
      @dave5194 2 года назад +2

      Who needs to pay for heating when you have nature’s insulation?

  • @AA-on7vx
    @AA-on7vx 6 лет назад +80

    2:30 rip penguin dude that went sideways

    • @provpaw2
      @provpaw2 5 лет назад

      lol

    • @optimisticwhovian1726
      @optimisticwhovian1726 5 лет назад +10

      he didn't die he would've just tried again, there were too many penguins in his way so he aborted the launch.

    • @MillenniumEarl014
      @MillenniumEarl014 5 лет назад +6

      @@optimisticwhovian1726 Technical difficulties.

    • @KHEDOofficial
      @KHEDOofficial 4 года назад +5

      @@provpaw2 Not cleared for take off due to heavy wake turbulence.

    • @PriyankaGupta-ew1li
      @PriyankaGupta-ew1li 3 года назад

      @@MillenniumEarl014 😂😂😂

  • @danmar007
    @danmar007 3 года назад +11

    Nature: endlessly fascinating.
    BBC documentaries: endlessly spectacular.

  • @pollyfoofoo8703
    @pollyfoofoo8703 5 лет назад +27

    4:19 “morning, joe”
    “Oh hi frank”

  • @BklynPrototype
    @BklynPrototype 4 года назад +22

    Very impressive footage from the penguins. I would love a camera going to the depths with the penguins to see what type of fish they prefer or see the fish hunt.

  • @Andrei-cp5jr
    @Andrei-cp5jr 2 года назад +8

    Every day I learn about animals I realize many of them are a lot more intelligent than I thought. I think they are so intelligent to the point that they know what they are and that they exist. Like these penguins.

  • @pgai824
    @pgai824 6 лет назад +138

    it's 230 am and i'm bored af but this is crazy shit lol

    • @sandhyasubba1758
      @sandhyasubba1758 6 лет назад

      Paul Gainer 😂

    • @michaelwestman3902
      @michaelwestman3902 6 лет назад +2

      Deadass 430 am here and I just searched penguins so I feel lmao

    • @Ethan-lm1nm
      @Ethan-lm1nm 6 лет назад +1

      +Bug Nuts there better than you and they have a skillage unlike you. So sorry😁😁 oops😮not sorry

    • @michaelwestman3902
      @michaelwestman3902 6 лет назад +1

      Ethan Fox what are you talking about you bum

  • @user-hx2po3vq1i
    @user-hx2po3vq1i 4 года назад +7

    2:01 looks like ICBMS out of the submarine

  • @morpheusmyron4206
    @morpheusmyron4206 4 года назад +3

    God, these animals are so extremely beautiful. In so much Awe!

  • @annedwyer797
    @annedwyer797 4 года назад +11

    Amazing research! Penguins are so beautifully designed to "fly" underwater. I couldn't help but chuckle when one guy collided with another and did a bit of an endo @ 1:12.

    • @ricachuuuu
      @ricachuuuu 2 года назад

      lol noticed this too

  • @silverwolf6669
    @silverwolf6669 4 года назад +6

    That slow mo penguin scream at the end was hilarious 😂

  • @markdowse3572
    @markdowse3572 4 года назад +5

    What an utterly extraordinary adaptation!
    "Jet-powered penguins" !!
    :) :)

  • @lordrampage
    @lordrampage 10 лет назад +263

    i want to be a penguin soon as possible!

    • @imoved.4876
      @imoved.4876 7 лет назад +1

      lordrampage same

    • @isakito1997
      @isakito1997 6 лет назад

      please no. these animals must live free ♥

    • @CJbrinkman602
      @CJbrinkman602 6 лет назад

      Swapnil Agnihotri *Sea lion

    • @travisnelson9104
      @travisnelson9104 6 лет назад +15

      Their lives are extremely tough

    • @user-jq8qv4yx4h
      @user-jq8qv4yx4h 6 лет назад +20

      No, you don't. As an egg, you might get stolen by a sea gull in some places, as a chick, if you don't get eaten or orphaned and die from starvation or eaten by a predator bird, you might get eaten as an adult by an Orca or sea lion. If you don't get eaten, you might get maimed and injured by escaping those predators. Not an easy life at all.

  • @user-jg3yx8yu4l
    @user-jg3yx8yu4l 5 лет назад +3

    most beautiful filming i have literally ever seen

  • @KozmikProduction
    @KozmikProduction Год назад +1

    Them being able to do this is just incredible. Nature is beautiful.

  • @michellemoffett9458
    @michellemoffett9458 2 года назад +2

    Wow this is fascinating!!

  • @brownebonygoddess4469
    @brownebonygoddess4469 3 года назад +2

    It made me cry when he said “ This flightless bird finally becomes airborne “.

  • @samuelkamochu6808
    @samuelkamochu6808 3 года назад +1

    What did he say? "This flightless bird, finally becomes airborne". Well, well, I'll take that for a parting shot.

  • @paulwilson3434
    @paulwilson3434 4 года назад +1

    How wonderfully they are made

  • @neomt2
    @neomt2 4 года назад +13

    Wonderfully presented and clearly narrated - well done! Attenborough worthy work!

  • @coreymackereth7241
    @coreymackereth7241 3 года назад +3

    What an amazing animal.

  • @jeffstrong4580
    @jeffstrong4580 3 года назад +1

    It's just like super cavitating torpedo.

  • @ThePuci
    @ThePuci 7 лет назад +24

    this was incredible and beautiful at the same time. majestic birds 💕

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r Год назад +1

      Birds was made to scream so the blue thobe holding books makes sense lol

  • @muhammadalihassantur8012
    @muhammadalihassantur8012 4 года назад +6

    Their landing reminds me ANGRY BIRD game.

  • @onbored9627
    @onbored9627 4 года назад +3

    They probably also are looking to see how tall the ice is so they know how fast and what angle they need to come up at.

  • @anniemadrono7999
    @anniemadrono7999 3 года назад +2

    They're like rocket launch into the surface! 🚀 Amazing!!!

  • @jocelynjimenez8073
    @jocelynjimenez8073 6 лет назад +21

    Omg!!!! Penguins are my favorite animal!!!🐧

  • @NeziesStories
    @NeziesStories 5 лет назад +18

    “A third of which is blubber-“
    Me: *busts down the door* Okay who just called for me?

  • @anshumanbharati9168
    @anshumanbharati9168 5 лет назад +2

    This is wonderful.Great piece of work by team BBC and the way they explained is something brilliant.

  • @thuydoan775
    @thuydoan775 7 лет назад +52

    Hey penguin finally can fly

  • @acs812
    @acs812 6 лет назад +14

    damnn... what a great moment you captured!!

  • @toddbob55
    @toddbob55 2 года назад +3

    i love penguins!!!

  • @kivitropikal6755
    @kivitropikal6755 2 года назад +1

    I live in Istanbul/Turkey and today I visited aqua floria where there's penguins. I saw them swimming, they swim so fast and take maneuvers so fast

  • @clarenceudoma1683
    @clarenceudoma1683 4 года назад +3

    01:00 when they swim they look like they r flying

  • @Ashen-One1
    @Ashen-One1 5 лет назад +3

    The information is mind-blowing and the cinematics plus music is beautiful. I almost feel a bit emotional, Idk why.

  • @beverlyrhame3692
    @beverlyrhame3692 2 года назад +1

    They are beyond graceful in the water, oh to be able to swim and dive like that😍

  • @1LIKE_1HAIR
    @1LIKE_1HAIR 3 года назад +1

    They are like underwater missiles

  • @taiki-kun7229
    @taiki-kun7229 4 года назад +2

    This is unbelievable.. So amazing.

  • @hz6612
    @hz6612 11 месяцев назад +1

    I loved the last phrase you said

  • @empressatheism5146
    @empressatheism5146 4 года назад

    Penguins are so cute

  • @Dannybythebanana
    @Dannybythebanana 4 года назад +1

    They look like tiny torpedoes ♥️

  • @AverageThinking
    @AverageThinking 4 года назад +28

    Someone explain at what point in the evolutionary process did this particular water bird develop this incredibly advanced and specific technique.

    • @djninja2425
      @djninja2425 3 года назад +4

      Theres been many animals that have developed a lot of specific and impressive techniques.For example squirells they developed the technique to jump from any height well not any but they could jump from the empire state building and still live without injury,the way they do this is by spreading out their arma and legs so theu fall slower and then at the end retract their legs and arms and basically use them as spring,cats can do this too to some extent.I suggest you watch mark robers video on squirells he explained it much better.
      I mean bats have echo location,so do dolphins. And sharks have something similar.I mean theres spiders that make air bubbles using their webbing so they can go underwater.And theres lizards that can even run on water.

    • @AverageThinking
      @AverageThinking 3 года назад

      DJninja24 I am fully aware of all of this and it only further emphasizes my pointed question.

    • @djninja2425
      @djninja2425 3 года назад

      @@AverageThinking Well its all just adaptation and evolution.Just like bats have developed echo location penguins have developed this.

    • @AverageThinking
      @AverageThinking 3 года назад +4

      DJninja24 right. But at what point? This is very complex and very specific. What conditions would cause this “adaptation” to occur? It makes no sense to me that a bird could suddenly cease its flying, take to swimming, and within a few thousand generations turn itself into a pneumatic cannon. It seems like too many mutations and skill acquisitions would have to happen simultaneously for such a transitioning creature to survive its awkward evolutionary progress.

    • @djninja2425
      @djninja2425 3 года назад

      @@AverageThinking Well what can i say nature is sometimes weird.

  • @brantsimms6914
    @brantsimms6914 4 года назад +4

    Gods great ingenuity in creation😊

  • @user-xj3md5ch7k
    @user-xj3md5ch7k 5 лет назад +24

    How can penguins swim so fast with that massive body ?
    They're not even FISH 😂

    • @Koraxus
      @Koraxus 4 года назад +2

      there were extinct avians even more adapted to water than pinguins.
      I think they were called hesperornithes or something.

  • @okinoboo4743
    @okinoboo4743 6 лет назад +60

    Glory be to God how wonderful to watch them. Majestic huge birds. So fast!

    • @neemapaxima6116
      @neemapaxima6116 5 лет назад +11

      Praise be to the Flying Spaghetti Monster who created these wonderful birds... Amen

    • @MukWongDeso
      @MukWongDeso 4 года назад +1

      @@neemapaxima6116 Allah subhanahu wa taala created them.

    • @aaronlangworthy3047
      @aaronlangworthy3047 4 года назад +1

      @Truth Seeker One of a million examples of design. Humans just now discovering this, would for thousands of years before this point be unlikely to come up with a design like this themselves. Yet there are those who swallow the lie that some bird one day figured it out, having somehow also miraculously been granted the physical ability to do this through random gene mutation, and told its other bird friends and then they all copied him (at least those that also who happened to have the same genetic ability, and then their children where born with this knowledge-we don't know how but we call it instinct. Man aren't brainless protein strands smart/lucky. ;)

    • @tigergirl305
      @tigergirl305 4 года назад +2

      Yes! Amen! It's nice to see someone else praising God for penguins! :D

    • @heidigroothuis611
      @heidigroothuis611 4 года назад

      @@aaronlangworthy3047 That's exactly what I was thinking! I mean what's more believable, someone put though an craftsmanship into designing every complex living thing just like how any human artist/engineer would, or that everything came into existence from nothing, and that they somehow knew to genetically change THIS COMPLEXLY over a very long time span? Just think about it...

  • @pinkiwi
    @pinkiwi 6 лет назад +2

    Penguin is one my favurite bird

  • @sleeplesshead602
    @sleeplesshead602 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful creature

  • @grytlappar
    @grytlappar 5 лет назад +4

    This blew me away. How fascinating! I wonder if they think it's fun. You know, like us humans do, it's fun to go really fast!

  • @abcdefoff3307
    @abcdefoff3307 4 года назад +3

    4:11 I believe I can flyyyy. I believe I can touch the skyyyy.

  • @chrisp.9385
    @chrisp.9385 5 лет назад +30

    Well i'm more likely to survive in the north pole
    Because i'm fat😂

    • @rustinstardust2094
      @rustinstardust2094 4 года назад +4

      Same. I want to slide on the ice on my own blubbery belly...it looks fun af!

  • @phoenixflower1225
    @phoenixflower1225 5 лет назад +13

    and we thought we figured out physics first.

  • @brenna5202
    @brenna5202 Год назад

    That penguin looks so cute jumps out

  • @Bestillivoze
    @Bestillivoze 3 года назад

    This things are the prime splendor of existence.

  • @english6194
    @english6194 2 года назад

    look at this beauty😍😍 penguins are so cute and amazing I just love them😍😍❤️❤️❤️

  • @tienho10
    @tienho10 9 лет назад +9

    this makes me way too happy ^^

  • @philhewitt5069
    @philhewitt5069 3 года назад

    The unmistakeable ,CHRIS PACKUM .

  • @deysilin4704
    @deysilin4704 5 лет назад +1

    4:20 the penguin be like "hey dude im being photographed how dare you ruin my moment" whahahsh

  • @standardannonymousguy
    @standardannonymousguy 4 года назад +2

    Beautiful work!! Bravo!

  • @Rsvp1
    @Rsvp1 2 года назад

    Precious babies

  • @GCSalinas
    @GCSalinas 4 года назад

    Watching this right b4 the chiefs-49ers superbowl...awesome video!! Learned alot

  • @DianaKazimiera-
    @DianaKazimiera- 3 года назад

    It is so beautiful. Beautiful,so natural behavior of animals.Without nature,the world would be empty and dry 💚💧🌊🐧

  • @MullahSpeaks
    @MullahSpeaks 6 лет назад +4

    beautiful scenery

  • @MeTopics
    @MeTopics 2 года назад

    penguin at sea : i am speed

  • @ahines8032
    @ahines8032 6 лет назад +2

    underwater rocket launches with same concept. Nature's creation, brilliant

    • @rgudduu
      @rgudduu 4 года назад

      Elaborate

  • @Winternightsnowflower
    @Winternightsnowflower 4 года назад +1

    Little penguin rockets 😍😆

  • @allinpapier
    @allinpapier 5 лет назад

    Ohhhhh....so cute penguins......

  • @dynamicdave2647
    @dynamicdave2647 Год назад

    Penguins seem so intelligent

  • @aimarramadhan9729
    @aimarramadhan9729 6 лет назад +3

    "I believe I can fly," says the penguin in 4:06. But sadly only within seconds in the air but they still fly underwater though like fishes.

    • @speedygonzalez6054
      @speedygonzalez6054 5 лет назад

      Amazing Penguin Migration
      An amazing look at a Penguin Migration by a recently discovered colony of penguins that is unlike any other penguin colony. These penguins are true snowbirds as they have decided to ditch the cold and ice of Antarctica and fly North to the tropical rainforests of South America. If you’d like to see a beautiful look at Emperor Penguins watch
      biggeekdad.com/2014/01/penguin-migration/

  • @charlibesouli2598
    @charlibesouli2598 4 года назад +1

    I love penguins !

  • @countrycitymedia
    @countrycitymedia 3 года назад +2

    Amazing creations of an amazing creator.

  • @larisabosova4959
    @larisabosova4959 Год назад +1

    Such amazing creatures! I love them !
    Thank you for creation so interesting video.

  • @okbrother159
    @okbrother159 Год назад +1

    scientists are so amazing!

  • @nurlyana3400
    @nurlyana3400 2 года назад +1

    it's really amazing how their body works...

  • @MrMiD.Life.Crisis
    @MrMiD.Life.Crisis 5 лет назад +2

    3:40 - look man, chemtrails.... i knew it was those pesky penguins.

  • @billmiller4972
    @billmiller4972 3 года назад +2

    Once I visited Osaka Aquarium and I wondered why the pengiuns were, well, emitting a trail of air fron the plumage of their back. I kinda hoped I'm the first to notice (yeah, stoopid I know).
    But still awesome to see someone not only noticed but took the time to do the research!

  • @malek_ibn_dinar
    @malek_ibn_dinar Год назад +1

    سبحان الله الذي خلق فأبدع

  • @elliehamlin2311
    @elliehamlin2311 5 лет назад

    This makes me so happy

  • @thewalkingwanderer
    @thewalkingwanderer 10 лет назад +1

    So amazing, thanks for sharing this :)

  • @harshvardhan4110
    @harshvardhan4110 3 года назад +1

    2:00 looks like underwater missiles

  • @garedalbano3380
    @garedalbano3380 4 года назад +1

    Flightless bird finally becomes airborne

  • @warnercomedia6221
    @warnercomedia6221 Год назад

    It looks like their flying out of water, flying penguins, the deeper they go, the higher they are aboveground!