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??
Happy birds
Submitted 2 weeks ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks 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
dis_da_mor@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks 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
Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 weeks 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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Also known as Little Penguins in a rare case of extremely apt naming 😁
dkppunk@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Birch Aquarium in San Diego has a little blue penguin live cam of these guys! They are really cute.
RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
They have a bunch of these lil fellas at the Cincinnati Zoo, and they are doubly cute in person. Just saying.
FishFace@piefed.social 2 weeks 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
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks 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)
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Emperor penguins get up to 3’ but those are the largest species, the others range in sizes but most aren’t that big
Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Viking_Hippie said penguins can be as tall as a zebra and weigh as much as a rottweiler. What is the truth?
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If seeing this doesn’t delight you, you’re a monster. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. You’re a monster.
M137@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Oh no…
This could be a “those that don’t know: :) vs those that know: :|” situation.
Penguins almost only leave their flock and go inland to die, as far as I’m aware it’s not exactly known why.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Probably just a random instinct that was reinforced by survival of the fittest (at group population levels) because it meant that group didn’t contaminate their nests or water with the dead, which would also attract scavengers that might also try to prey on living penguins when there weren’t any already dead handy.
Or maybe they go to get frozen so that when a future penguin solves the problem of death, they can go and unfreeze the frozen penguins and use that massive undead penguin army to conquer more southern islands.
Leg@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Because they know it’s coming, and now’s the best time to find out what’s out there.
KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Unless proven otherwise I choose to believe that it was the same as with the penguin in the Werner Herzog documentary and the bird quickly returned to their flock moments later. (Herzog didn’t show that though because a penguin heading towards death is more dramatic)
Flower@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Penguins just haven’t been around humans enough to avoid them, like most mainland animals learned the hard way.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hello, I would like one fish combo please, hold the seal.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Apex predator?
Adelie don’t care.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s impossible, there’s no such thing as land predators.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
What, humans? No, we are omnivores, occasional predators.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
That penguin is saying “Hey hoomans! Get off my lawn!”
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
😍
Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Their round shape and their lil flappers and their pose is just perfect
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks 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.