Emperor Penguin - Close Encounter of the Third Kind

[nateW24]

close encounters of the bird kind

[Roguephilsopher]

The sounds they make is like Dubstep, except its tweeting sort of.

[the777brian]

0:12 - in the back ground you can see a penguin acting like a bobble head. :P

[naughtykitten0572]

I love them! They look so fat!

[Angelnot95]

third kind? there not aliens lol

[MonaRocks09]

the babies are SO CUTE OMG I AM GONNA DIE

[Tye842]

You were blessed to have a moment like THAT. Penguins are beautiful birds and having one come up to you and so close. Wow!!! VERY jealous of your experience. I love penguins.

[78kokka]

The penguin is like "Dude, your suit sucks..."

[mi5711]

@78kokka :-)

[MrNaturerune]

very curious, possibly looking for a little snack :PP

[Christine9217]

Hi, Where is this place?

[mi5711]

@Christine9217 It is near Snow Hill Island, near the top of the Antarctic peninsula

[kataisa3]

I love the noises they make, all that tweeting and honking.

[mi5711]

@kataisa3 This is how they identify each other. The parents will recognize the song of their chick out of thousands. They have to rely on sound because they don't see that well out of the water. The chicks on the other hand will try to get food from any grown-up

[PianoLove1968]

@kataisa3 me too! Very cute!

[planetchinchilla]

That's really neat!

[LightShadowSh]

I wanna hug one

[PenguinsRule1395]

OMGS!!!! im sooooo jelous!

[megaveen]

Do they really breathe fire?

[Strymn]

lo, i can just imagine mama looking the guy over and then moving her chick away saying "pay not attention to the funny big bird juniour" that's so cool though, penguins are awesome :-)

[hotchicky8]

they look like little poeple in penguin suits.... its the way they move when they walk LOL

[IrishRedRose]

You can practically hear him thinking "hmmm. does it taste good? meh. probably not." *waddles off*

[MrPenguinmaster3000]

i wish i was there i love penguins so much :)

[Jaws65948]

there so cute i love penguins there my life.

[ddecto]

Canada: so cold, the penguins came to us

[sethnakht12]

i wish i get to see one for reel!

[Pax30606]

Loved the video too!!

Greetings,Pax.

[Pax30606]

Loved the video too!!

[SaintKikiGuo]

So cute!!! Is there anyway that people could join you guys in these trips?

[frutycakev1]

you wnt to Antartica!!!!!!! I love penguins

[sweetness200345]

howd yu get this close without scaring them off or making them angry and territorial?

[mi5711]

Hi sweetness. The truth is you do not get close to them. I had to lay still on the ice 50 feet from the rookery for 3 hours until they got close enough. The emperors are shy but curious birds and if you are patient, lay low and do not make sudden movements you might be blessed with moments like this

[sweetness200345]

COOOOL! i love penguins. cool vid.

[dave55811]

Apparently there are strange rules and regulations regarding being near penguins; you're not supposed to be within a certain range of them, but if they come up to you then you don't have to back away.

Most of the time, Emperor Penguins will come up to you, because they're curious & innocent like that. It's because they have almost no land-predators to worry about (except when they're babies; they have to worry about Skuas).

[dave55811]

Nearly 400 views, and no ratings? Sheesh. Who could resist a video like this? x3