The penguin is smart enough to realize that something that is floating and not running from the whales, has got to be better than the options he is faced with! Cant blame him a bit!!
If it were me, I would be in the middle of the raft saying "Start the frikking engines and get us out of here, you damned human morons! What the hell is the matter with you?"
It’s a ‘Burgh thing!
It’s a ‘Burgh thing!