Watch What Happens When A Confused Penguin Hops Away With The Wrong Group
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If you think all penguins look alike, you are not the only one. A hilarious video, captured by Andrea Barlow, director of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust, reveals that the aquatic, flightless birds sometimes also have a hard time distinguishing between one another.
The recently-released footage, taken on the Falkland Islands — a remote archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean — shows two groups of rockhopper penguins crossing paths and engaging in a short, amicable conversation. According to Barlow, the colony of about twelve penguins on the left was returning from sea, while the joyfully skipping birds on the right were heading out to the water, probably in search of a yummy meal. However, as the two groups disperse and continue towards their respective destinations, a member of the right colony is seen hopping away with the other group. Fortunately, a buddy realized it was missing and rushed back to retrieve the confused bird.
Endemic to the islands north of Antarctica, from Chile to New Zealand, rockhopper penguins are the world's smallest penguins. The aquatic birds, which stand about 20 inches (1.6 feet) tall, sport a distinct crest of spiky yellow and black feathers on their heads, blood-red eyes, a red-orange beak, and pink webbed feet. Rockhopper penguins were once found in large numbers, especially on the Falkland Islands. However, commercial overfishing, pollution, and other factors, such as oil spills, have reduced their population by as much as 30 percent over the past two decades.
Resources: Dailymail.co.uk, Huffpost.com, Wikidpedia.org, nationalgeographic.com.
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pinkkitty9almost 4 yearsCute! Penguins are so funny. Does he recognize anyone? 😂
howlsalmost 4 yearsSO CUTE
akayaalmost 4 yearsit's ok, that happens to me all the time :)- pinkkitty9almost 4 yearsonce I was in this ancient egyptian tour and the room was dark and I called for my mom so I could hold her hand but I reached for the wrong person!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
- pinkkitty9almost 4 yearsomg I'm still embarrased but i don't think my mom remembers
mad4booksalmost 4 yearsSo funny! That's happen to me. But, I didn't grab their hand! 🤣
blondie1218almost 4 yearsThat's so funny😆😂!
ashercasheralmost 4 yearsomg so funny that happened to me once in a monster truck show
meep123almost 4 yearsSo, so, so cute!!
muffleqest_910almost 4 yearsOmg sooooo cute
coolninja3211almost 4 yearsso cute bro
ihave13bunniesalmost 4 yearsIt was funny how they jumped😂🐧- pinkkitty9almost 4 yearsyeah they look really funny If my brother saw them he would laugh
chocolkalmost 4 yearsyAsSs it was sooooo cute boing boing boing
coolbooysalmost 4 yearsso cute
destroyerman212almost 4 yearsTHAT WAS SO CUTE AND HILARIOUS!!!
sxshialmost 4 yearsthese penguins are funny
heyooooooalmost 4 yearsdon't worry I mess up big-time like that to -_-||
