Dyan deNapoli: The great penguin rescue

http://www.ted.com A personal story, a collective triumph: Dyan deNapoli tells the story of the world's largest volunteer animal rescue, which saved more than 40,000 penguins after an oil spill off the coast of South Africa. How does a job this big get done? Penguin by penguin by penguin ...

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  Pets & Animals

[Fedor Lejepekov]

Bender says hello ).

[modernmusty]

why are there so many hateful comments on this video? what do you people have against the act of saving penguins, and similarly, what do you have against someone who has dedicated their life to saving these creatures?

[John Fee]

Came for science; Stayed for tig ole' bitties.

[Reoh0z]

OK driving the penguins off was brilliant. Someone buy that person a beer.

[boosra]

If a penguin was given the chance, he would pour oil on you and everyone you care about.

[CurtHowland]

Indeed, the more "high tech" the cleaner it is.

[daniel mcqueen]

my father is a penguin and I think what these people are doing is wonderful.

[Dyan deNapoli]

In the interest of setting the record straight - the story about the 17-year old student is true. His name is Louis Kock, and I tell his story in more depth in my book, The Great Penguin Rescue. He invented a first-stage degreaser that was used during the rescue effort. GNLD donated the detergent that was used, but these are actually two different products.

[3csimon]

she's smug, arrogant and believes shes been through a lot. i really dislike her.