Flying Penguins Discovered and Captured on Film

5 years ago Nature

BBC camera crews discovered something absolutely incredible…

Penguins in mid flight

They were filming a colony of Adélie penguins on King Geoerge Island, around 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands, when the weather took a turn for the worse.

Penguins flying to the tropics

Instead of the penguins huddling together, as you’d normally expect, they did something absolutely fascinating. They took off and flew thousands of miles to the South American tropical rainforests to bask in the winter sun.

Adelie penguins

The program, part of the new BBC natural history series, Miracles of Evolution is being presented by ex-Monty Python star Terry Jones, who said:

The film reveals nature's stunning glory in exciting and unexpected ways, so much so that it defies belief…Not only does it create a vivid and emotional experience for the viewer, it also illustrates just how bold and simple Darwin's idea of natural selection was.

You can watch some amazing clips of this in action here:

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Written by: Chris

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anjana temple says

Feb 8th, 2009 at 12am
OOh. I really beleived it for several minutes. I did'nt know everything, I thought...

Beaty Plumridge says

Apr 4th, 2008 at 12am
Unbelievable really had me going there for a while. Outstanding manipulation

David Sonne says

Apr 4th, 2008 at 12am
My Wife and I recently completed a "rest area" for the flying penguins highlighted in your incredible video. For many years we have hand fed these flying masterpieces when they stopped to rest at my pool in Northridge, California. One year we were visited by more than 10,00 penguins in a three day period. What a mess we had but their shrieking was well worth the cleanup. They enjoy brie cheese and Gorton's fish filets sprinkled with kosher salt and Lorna Doone crumbs. We are anxiously awaiting their fly-over later this month and will forward the vido to you as soon as we can. Thank you.

Pam says

Apr 3rd, 2008 at 12am
This really is amazing. Who in the world has the time to put something like this together?

Rachel says

Apr 3rd, 2008 at 12am
it would be more believeable if the pengiuns flew only a couple of miles away. no animal would fly for that long with out taking rests.

c johnston says

Apr 2nd, 2008 at 12am
Yes, April Fools!

Nancy says

Apr 2nd, 2008 at 12am
LOL!!! You got me....

strange neighbours says

Apr 1st, 2008 at 12am
Happy April Fools Day! :)