Emperor Penguin -- Long Winter Wait
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Uploaded by offthefence on Sep 21, 2006
Emperor penguins breed in the heart of the Antarctic winter when temperatures reach -60°C -- cold enough to make human skin freeze and teeth crack. They waddle and toboggan for up to 60km across the frozen sea to reach their breeding colonies, where they huddle tightly together to keep warm. After egg-laying, all the females return to the ocean to feed, leaving each male carefully balancing a single egg on his feet, warming it in a special pouch on his belly. The male starves for up to 16 weeks as he waits for hatching, through the endless night of the Antarctic winter -- yet he still manages to feed his newly hatched chick, using a special milk-like substance made by the breakdown of his own body tissue. But will his mate return in time to take over, before his growing hunger forces him to abandon the egg?
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Amazing!
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Why aren't they tap dancing?
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I know a guy like that..
Oops -_-
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@ontariobuds I think we were once like that; with knowledge comes grief, I've noticed. They'd probably become corrupt, too...
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LMAO @ 3:38 . Male's all raising his arms in joy!
3 months ago 2
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this is like at concerts when there is standing room only. everyone stays warm.
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who watch happy feet before watching this!
7 months ago 3
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That´s why i used to say that homo sapiens is the most egoistic being in this fucking planet...!
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:)
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@OSHADYO STUPID DUMBASS ARN'T YOU!
1 year ago 2
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Lacotemale09 2 years ago 30
I wish people were stuck together like this...
JeremyMarines 4 years ago 24