Emperor Penguin - Close Encounter of the Third Kind

http://sites.google.com/site/snowhillisland/
Sitting quietly and without moving for a couple of hours on the ice is sometimes rewarded with a little interaction with these shy, curious and wonderful birds.

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• Antarctica
• Emperor
• Emperors
• Hill
• Island
• Kapitan
• Khlebnikov
• penguins
• Snow
• Penguin

[78kokka]

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

[mi5711]

@78kokka :-)

[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

[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

[verdienst]

it reminds me of a mafia meeting with god father pinguins

[nateW24]

close encounters of the bird kind

[Roguephilsopher]

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

[PianoLove1968]

@kataisa3 me too!  Very cute!

[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.