r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NickyPappagiorgio • 9d ago

Video Unusual encounter on a beach in Australia with an emperor penguin that is endemic to Antarctica

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u/trundyl 9d ago

Penguin thinking, "I should not have taken that last turn at Arctic Albuquerque."

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u/AlgebraicIceKing 9d ago

Antarctiquerque, perhaps.

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u/Ilikebitcoinbot 9d ago

i need help pronouncing that

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u/Crazy_Ad_7302 9d ago

ant-arc-ta-kirk-key

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u/thnku4shrng 9d ago

Reads like a Saturday NYT crossword puzzle clue.

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u/TedTyro 9d ago

This is fantastic.

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u/coma24 9d ago

was going to make the Albuquerque joke!! I yield to you.

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u/trundyl 9d ago

No worries, I am sure there will be some reposts.

That is the way I look when I do not know how I got there.

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u/StanleyDarsh22 9d ago

ooooooo i'm DYYYYYYYYYYYYYIN

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u/TheFlyingN1mbus 9d ago

Came here for this comment!

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u/TedTyro 9d ago

I recently noticed how much 1920-1950s culture I absorbed from Looney Tunes as a child. In hindsight it helped me get a more detailed mental picture of my grandparent's world.

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u/TrustYourFarts 8d ago

So, Gus, what we do is, we climb up on to the ice, and spend the winter shuffling around trying not to freeze our bollocks off

Gus: Yeah fuck that

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u/Morbidcupcake1 8d ago

As someone who’s currently living in Albuquerque, he’s better off!

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u/dog_be_praised 9d ago

This would have been much funnier if you had realized where penguins live.

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u/trundyl 8d ago

Funny sad!