Flying Penguins Found By BBC Programme (Amazing Photos)

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-1-2008 | Neil Midgley

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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."

[YepYep]

Fantastic video of the painting elephant. Thanks for posting it.

[Eagles6]

Hey, don’t feel bad. It’s April 1st somewhere (although not there, I think).

[fish hawk]

I guess if pigs can fly so can penguins.

[eyedigress]

Excellent, LOL

[pennboricua]

It is 12:00 a.m. April 1st somewhere, so do not be surprised.

[coloradan]

Check the date on the byline of the article.

[ovrtaxt]

April fools joke? Nawwwwww

[TheBattman]

Dude, you have been busted...

[smoketree]

Uh huh.
Some have actually made it as far north as Arizona.
I’ve seen them by the thousands.
A little known fact is that penguins like heat more than cold.

[Lonely Bull]

Not that I’m taking sides in the Big FR Debates, but I wonder what effect tying evolution to April Fools’ Day would have on the public. ;)

[smoketree]

I’ve seen them as far north as Arizona.

[exit82]

Bees cannot fly according to their aerodynamics. But don’t tell them.

But I agree, this is a very good illustrated April Fool’s joke.

I love the picture of them migrating to warm climes. That’s a classic.

[Eagles6]

I have that WKRP on tape. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" " Oh no they're hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!"

Classic.

[Leroy S. Mort]

I spot a couple of pigs in that flock.

[Drango]

There’s a radio station that is going to throw these flying penguins out of a helicopter next Thanksgiving.

In Cincinnati?

[Exton1]

Yea right, This is a April fools joke. Look at the photos they looked doctored.

[Joe Bfstplk]

Even turkeys can fly if the wind is high enough.

[bruinbirdman]

"Take a look at those fat birds and their wings - they couldn’t fly."

Oh, I don't know about that.

yitbos

[hunter112]

You mean the “Amazonian rain forest” comment didn’t completely give it all away????!!!

[bruinbirdman]

"Look at the ‘wings’ ... that bird don’t fly, dude! "

I don't know. A lot of people go to the Antarctic just to see penguins. That's a long way to go just to watch them waddle around.

yitbos