{"id":78694,"date":"2018-03-11T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=78694\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T12:18:00","slug":"penguins-found-camera-hammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/diafora-en\/penguins-found-camera-hammed\/","title":{"rendered":"These penguins found a camera, then they hammed it up"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of emperor penguins in Antarctica filmed themselves with a camera that had been left on the ice by an explorer.<\/p>\n

In the short video,\u00a0posted by the Australian Antarctic Division<\/a>, you can see one penguin approach the camera, somehow flick it up so that it\u2019s focused on its face, and then a second penguin joins. They both curiously stare down at the lens before losing interest. One of the penguins is even saying something \u2014 a vocalization I decided to interpret as, \u201cWhy are they spying on us?\u201d<\/p>\n

The birds have long beaks and threatening-looking claws. (You can take a quick peek at them at the beginning of the video when the first penguin arrives.) Their bellies look incredibly soft and cuddly \u2014 a white pillow of fat. In fact, they need that fat to stay warm.<\/p>\n

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Emperor penguins live in Antarctica, where they can face blizzards of up to 124 miles per hour (200 kilometers per hour),\u00a0according to the Australian Antarctic Division<\/a>. They\u2019re the largest penguin species in the world,\u00a0standing 45 inches<\/a>\u00a0(114 centimeters) tall and weighing up to 88 pounds (40 kilograms). They live in colonies of a few hundred to over 20,000 pairs. These colonies \u2014 and those of other penguin species \u2014 are so big that their\u00a0poop smears on the snow and ice can be seen from space<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two curious penguins in the video filmed themselves at the Auster Rookery, a penguin colony near the Australian Mawson research station. \u201cAustralian Antarctic expeditioner, Eddie Gault, left the camera on the ice when visiting the rookery,\u201d the Australian Antarctic Division wrote, \u201cand it didn\u2019t take long for the naturally curious birds to seize the opportunity for a selfie.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s cute. But let\u2019s not forget that some other penguins with a knack for cinematography can be utterly terrifying. Here\u2019s one example:<\/p>\n

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This Gentoo #Penguin<\/a> just ate our @GoPro<\/a>. #Antarctica<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/C3WiODL43O<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 G Expedition (@g_expedition) 2 \u0394\u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03bc\u03b2\u03c1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n