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."
HA HA April Fool’s
I wonder if Cabella’s sells penguin decoys......
Yea Right, April Fools.. Look at the photos they are doctored. There are too many clues to indicate this is a joke.
Do they taste like chicken ?
That’s the awesomest AFJ ever! I love it!!
I hope I haven’t been caught in an ‘April fool’s joke.’
A little late for such a statement. :)
Looks very photoshoped to me.
Don’t listen to these skeptics. Do you think they’d let it on the Internet if it weren’t true?
Jumping the gun just a little.
FR exposes another hoax. Good eye, Extinct1.
Did the Green Helmet give it away?
yitbos
Advertisement for BBC.
Hey, it can happen. :’)
Flying penguins found by BBC programme
Daily Telegraph (UK) | 01/04/2008 | Neil Midgley
Posted on 03/31/2008 9:14:54 PM EDT by relictele
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Hahaha! ALMOST had me until I saw those photos!
Well, what do you think? :) Look at the date of the article - should be enough to answer your question. Funny though!
"VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
The scientific explanation is clear!
This is an evolutionary response to global warming.
Totally shopped!
Flying penguins is old stuff. During and after the Falklands war groups of penguins would wander into a minefield and er fly so to speak, giving rise to the riddle:
Whats black and white and red and flies once?
Answer:
Penguins in the Falklands....
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