Amazing evolutionary change!! (Merged with Penguins are Evolving!)

[slumtrimpet]

Recently discovered colony of Penguins that fly (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/epeng001.shtml?src=ip_potpw).

:D

[ck1]

Recently discovered colony of Penguins that fly (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/epeng001.shtml?src=ip_potpw).

:D

That film only works in the UK

Can you provide more details for those who can't watch it?

[Obd]

Here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml), although I'd advise you to take a look at the date. :p

[slumtrimpet]

Oh bother!
It's a wonderful clip made to promote BBCi. Hard to describe.
Try this link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7324127.stm
and click on the picture link.

Let me know if that works.

[ck1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxmpihCjqw

Try that

[slumtrimpet]

Oh good. It works for you.

Nicely done, no?

[Ray Moscow]

They can all fly (underwater).:D

[VoxRat]

Having fallen for 3 April Fools' jokes* this morning, I'm pleased to say I guessed from the title of the thread it was a spoof.

Still...
if you've ever seen films of penguins swimming (on one of those National Geographic or Animal Planet programs), they do fly. Only in water, rather than air.**


*I blame the fact I ran out of coffee yesterday. And that's no joke.


ETA: **I see Ray Moscow beat me to it.

[slumtrimpet]

Having fallen for 3 April Fools' jokes* this morning, I'm pleased to say I guessed from the title of the thread it was a spoof.


Of course ... but isn't it a beautifully done spoof? Aside from the fact that watching penguins makes me smile regardless, seeing them land in the jungle was extra good.
The hopping in preparation for take-off is keeping a grin stuck on my face too.

[dancer_rnb]

Maybe they are learning to fly to avoid the mo,les that live under the ice
in the artic.:wave:

[slumtrimpet]

Thank you ... you made me google mo,les ('cause I know zip about biology, and as far as I know there could well be something called a mo,les) :p

[Gojira]

As cool as you'd expect from people who've been pulling april fool stunts since 1957 - see this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2819000/2819261.stm) for the classic example! :yay:

[VoxRat]

Having fallen for 3 April Fools' jokes* this morning, I'm pleased to say I guessed from the title of the thread it was a spoof.


Of course ... but isn't it a beautifully done spoof? Aside from the fact that watching penguins makes me smile regardless, seeing them land in the jungle was extra good.
The hopping in preparation for take-off is keeping a grin stuck on my face too.
I did one of those ecotourist trips to Antarctica a few years back (on the ship that sank last December, btw).

If you like penguins, you might want to visit before the continent melts.

[slumtrimpet]

As cool as you'd expect from people who've been pulling april fool stunts since 1957 - see this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2819000/2819261.stm) for the classic example! :yay:

It's the wonderfully posh sounding announcers that the bbc do so well that get me. :D

[Gooch's dad]

I brought my fellow teacher, a birder, over to watch the video, telling him "did you *see* this new video of penguins that can fly!?". I managed to do it with a completely straight face, and he took the bait and swallowed it!

He watched most of the video, exclaiming "wow, we didn't see that when I took an eco-tour to Chile!", and I finally let him in on the joke. He loved it.

[Faid]

That was beautiful.

[dancer_rnb]

Thank you ... you made me google mo,les ('cause I know zip about biology, and as far as I know there could well be something called a mo,les) :p

That was a typo!:p

I was refering to an article in the April issue of Discovery magazine several years
back.

Have to see if I can find this month's issue.

[slumtrimpet]

Thank you ... you made me google mo,les ('cause I know zip about biology, and as far as I know there could well be something called a mo,les) :p

That was a typo!:p

I was refering to an article in the April issue of Discovery magazine several years
back.

Have to see if I can find this month's issue.

Heh. I figured as much after I googled ( btw there are no mo,les ;)) If you'd written moles though I would have figured it was a hoax, so we can actually call that a win for you. :)

Is this the article? Hotheads (http://www.udel.edu/pbl/iceborers.html)

[RBH]

Herre (http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/04/paranoia_stalks_londons_underg.html). (UK readers can view it on the BBC site, but I've linked to an embedded version others can also see. Scroll down a ways to the video.)

[Febble]

RBH's thread merged with earlier thread.

[dancer_rnb]

Thank you ... you made me google mo,les ('cause I know zip about biology, and as far as I know there could well be something called a mo,les) :p

That was a typo!:p

I was refering to an article in the April issue of Discovery magazine several years
back.

Have to see if I can find this month's issue.

Heh. I figured as much after I googled ( btw there are no mo,les ;)) If you'd written moles though I would have figured it was a hoax, so we can actually call that a win for you. :)

Is this the article? Hotheads (http://www.udel.edu/pbl/iceborers.html)

That's the one. I could have sworn it talked about the penguins in the ARTIC,
however. Maybe someone substituted the proper location of penguins without thinking.

[slumtrimpet]

Until you capitalized it I hadn't noticed. I'm doing well, aren't I?
(If it had originally said Arctic, wouldn't that have been a dead giveaway - at least for people with normal reading comprehension?)

[dancer_rnb]

Until you capitalized it I hadn't noticed. I'm doing well, aren't I?
(If it had originally said Arctic, wouldn't that have been a dead giveaway - at least for people with normal reading comprehension?)

I think it was only two or three articles afterwards that I realized it was the April issue.

Another article was on Tyrannosaurs not being able to run because if they tripped and fell they would injure themselves severly.

[slumtrimpet]

Another article was on Tyrannosaurs not being able to run because if they tripped and fell they would injure themselves severly.
Heh. I'd buy that one. After all, that's a big nose and some teeny little front legs. I'd think they'd have to walk very carefully indeed. :)

[ShavenYak]

I've seen more than one Discovery Channel-type show depict some variety of large theropod falling and being severely injured. With no way to break their fall and given their size, I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.