Posted on 03/31/2008 6:36:35 PM PDT by blam
Flying penguins found by BBC programme
By Neil Midgley, TV & Radio Editor
Last Updated: 1:45am BST 01/04/2008
The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution.
Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands.
The programme is being presented by ex-Monty Python star Terry Jones, who said: "We'd been watching the penguins and filming them for days, without a hint of what was to come.
"But then the weather took a turn for the worse. It was quite amazing. Rather than getting together in a huddle to protect themselves from the cold, they did something quite unexpected, that no other penguins can do."
BBC1 viewers will see the penguins not only take flight from the Antarctic wastes, but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rainforest to find winter sun.
"The film reveals nature's stunning glory in exciting and unexpected ways, so much so that it defies belief," said Mr Jones.
"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."
i believe you have.
Don’t believe anything you see in the next 24 hours.
April fools, one more time. Look at the ‘wings’ ... that bird don’t fly, dude!
Your hope is in vain.
That publication revels in nonsense reporting that is taken seriously and the report is attributed to a Monty Python team member.
Take a look at those fat birds and their wings - they couldn’t fly unless you strapped rocket motors to their backs.
April fools!
***SNORT!!***
Yes, you have been!
LOL
The ultimate photo shop.
I wonder how many will be suckered?
LOL!
VIDEO: Spaghetti trees (April 1, 1957):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6500000/newsid_6509700/6509711.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm
LOL! ;-)
LOL! ;-)
here's the link to some footage
How’s the spaghetti harvest going this year? All in yet?
That's purposterous! Everybody knows penguins don't fly, Rock!|
31½ posted on 03/31/2008 10:03:51 PM EDT by Burgess Meredith (Get up you son of a bitch! 'Cause Mickey loves you!)
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This is just a new version of a classic Monty Python skit, Earl the Flying Sheep.
There’s a radio station that is going to throw these flying penguins out of a helicopter next Thanksgiving.
I bet you have. “Monty Python” should have clued you in.
Okay. That made me smile.
Man holding cat enters.
Compère: That is Tiddles, I believe?
Man: Yes, this is Tiddles.
Compère: Yes, and what does she do?
Man: She flies across the studio and lands in a bucket of water.
Compère: By herself?
Man: No, I fling her.
Compère: Well that’s extremely interesting, Ladies and gentlemen
Very convincing video though! looks real enough to be believable.
“Hello! Well, it’s just after four o’clock and time for the penguin on top of your television set to explode.”
“KABLOWWEEEEEE!!!”
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