Happy birds

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• anon_8675309@lemmy.world ⁨38⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  If seeing this doesn’t delight you, you’re a monster. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. You’re a monster.

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• anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨58⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  😍

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• Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Penguins are so smol?? I thought they were tall like at least maybe 3’ or so. But they’re less than our own knee height??

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Depends on the species of penguin. There are some big ones as well as little guys! Also that penguin might be on the younger side, given that it seems pretty curious about the world.

    I’m not a marine biologist though, so treat this with a grain of saltm

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  • dis_da_mor@anarchist.nexus ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    as the other comment said, depends on the species

    like look at this fella 30cm fairy penguin being held prior to release on a sunny shore with low wave of water i like this video about them

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    • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In the nature it’s strict forbidden to touch pinguins, becaise it destroys the plumage impregnation and insulation, which has deadly consequences for the pinguin in the Water and with an harsh climate. Because of this you never will see scientifics doing it. Different in Zoos.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Also known as Little Penguins in a rare case of extremely apt naming 😁

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Emperor penguins are big, like 4’ iirc, but are the largest species. Most penguins are more like the size of an ordinary bird like a duck or a goose or whatever

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They go from being the size and weight of a liter of yoghurt (the aptly named Little penguin) to as tall as a zebra and as heavy as a Rottweiler dog (Emperor penguins)

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• Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Their round shape and their lil flappers and their pose is just perfect

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨37⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    They’re predators, but they’re the “I’m adapted to hunt in one environment but I hang out in another” kind of predator, so they’re these amazing fish seeking torpedoes in the water, but they’re these delightfully ridiculous footballs in dinner jackets waddling around on land. And they’re licensed under the GPL which is always cool.

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