Desert Penguins | Untamed Americas

These penguins build their nests on top of a tall cliff - and for flightless birds, getting down to the water can be a bit of a problem.

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Desert Penguins | Untamed Americas

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[hollyhockx]

"millions of kilograms of poop" the most important thing ever said by national geographic

[NJCProductions]

Emperor Penguins: Man it's so cold here.
Desert Penguins: Pfft, at least you don't have to fall to get your food.
Emperor Peguins:
Desert Penguins: So, hush up and man up!

[carmen]

Exactly, the work and efforts of those who take part in developing content for the program should be appreciated in its full extent. It was disappointing how damaging the previous narrator was.

[Awarewhippet]

Why did they have to replay the part where the penguin falls like 100x?

[anatureperson]

Watching them climb would make a good video.

[HugeFischAddict]

For those who don’t understand

A deer that walks on two legs is know as the wendigo an urban legend with the origins of the folklore of it coming from North America

[sarkerm]

"Fuck this cliff! Broke my leg! Someone call 911!" Said one penguin...

[AnonymouslyFamous]

Am I the only one feeling obligated to build these penguins some stairs?

[StopFlaggingVideos]

Did anyone else experience great pleasure watching the penguins wipe out on rocks

[MDiFiEDZ]

Those things are about as clumsy as is gets.

[Rhq]

Totally. Those people have no idea about animals. Animals actually
have way harder lives than humans.

[Umbalafum]

"So they are not happier than humans."

How do you know and why so simplifying, they neither project into the future nor live in the past... dude!

[lunamistica]

It's me, or at 1:27 min is wishing could fly?

[JesusSkateboardsdotnet]

indeed, the doltish narrator, to me, ruins to some extent, the brilliant work of those who actually go out and get all of the footage& data. cheers from san diego

[irwin]

Why do they need to build a nest that high? It appears like a struggle going down let alone going up.

[Rhq]

I did not understand a word of that cuz i am a kid. Really no lie!

[LBOYS]

I never knew penguins lived in North America, I knew they lived in South America but never North.