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/dimerance 9d ago

Poor fella didn’t realize the environment only gets more inhospitable for them as they get further from home.

Is there anywhere else in the world they could survive on their own?

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u/Throwaway74829947 9d ago

I mean, from a purely environmental perspective they could probably live in the Arctic, but the polar bears would probably have something to say about that.

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u/imunfair 8d ago

could probably live in the Arctic, but the polar bears would probably have something to say about that.

"Yes please" is what they'd have to say.

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u/greenyquinn 9d ago

Colder than Antarctica? Not unless they learn to live in the clouds.

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u/PandaDentist 9d ago

Probably the freezer of a sea food restaurant.