Best of Penguins | Top 5 | BBC Earth

Ready for some comical waddling, committed relationships and shocking behaviour? From the Antarctic wastes to the blazing African sun, join us as we celebrate one of the most tenacious birds on the planet - the penguin!
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[@EMILFEIKMAN]

Everybody's gangsta until an adelie shows up.

[@riddleblue-eyes8768]

Don't fuck with the adelie

[@SpacingOut_]

Lol

[@spawn9009]

Adelie no joke

[@Diego-lz1ml]

Lmao

[@malenkas3]

You could have it all...

[@kasschoong3979]

human: no i dont want take care of child penguin: *inhale penguin: CHILD!!!!!!

[@bayleef574]

@Penguin Queen thats cause animals are meant to breed and thats all they need to do, humans are able to other things then think about breeding everyday and we also have to worry about money to live

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

It's all caused by raging hormones. Emotions have nothing to do with it.

[@Mythraen]

@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 ... You do realize the hormones and the emotions are linked, right? Just because you can definitively name the physical cause/source of the emotions doesn't mean they're not emotions.

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

Mythraen> I'm a zoologist, so of course I know that hormones are related to emotions, but only in humans and other animals capable of having true emotions. That would be an extremely small number of animals, maybe dolphins and chimps and a couple of others, and the emotions in them are limited. Hormones are also related to instinctive behavior, and instinctive behavior is not the same as emotions. When a bird sits on an egg, it isn't doing that because if feels love for the egg. It's doing it because it's increased hormones cause it to instinctively want to sit on the egg. Just because you call instinctive behavior an emotion does not make it an actual emotion.

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 I have to disagree with the notion of "true emotions" All emotions are product of chemical reaction, that influence our body and our brain, that why this experience with rats having a button that when pressed delivered triggered their brain's dopamin production worked. The notion of "true emotions" is debetable, since every feeling is caused by a chemical reaction, what makes them so different of "lesser emotions"? The complexity they have? In the end it's the same, certains conditions/events causing a response from the brain

[@martinflogaus8577]

Cat: Hmm, this doesn't smell like my kid. I'd rather leave this here Penguin: GIMME DIS

[@FastNCurious88]

Martin Flogaus 💀💀💀😁😂😂

[@yo-yk5db]

IM DYING OF LAUGHTER THE WAY THAT THE PENGUINS SLAP EACH OTHER KRGIERFNJIJKNNJHW

[@naokawanago2653]

smeck

[@joelkennedy2701]

If they were human imagine it as if they were smacking each other with two cricket bats, or wooden swords (bokken?) Cause that's how stiff those wings are! *smack smack*

[@gracielabenavides6877]

SAME🤣🤣

[@kulfoa_1328]

@@naokawanago2653 *_smeck_*

[@alayna8189]

And how they stand tall when the giant bird was ther

[@BunnyCentauri]

"Best of Penguins"... shows kidnapping... 😂

[@pizzi_]

Yeah. Rip Marco.

[@vtbhoward]

It's so sad.....

[@jad1079]

Nah, just attempted kidnapping. 😂

[@stupidmango4036]

Well, best, most enticing or capturing documentary moments, not happy, yknow? I mean, it's Penguins, even if it was to make a happy video, they probably don't even have 5 moments of that lol

[@JubioHDX]

@@stupidmango4036 The adelie pulling up last second out of nowhere to back up the adolescent emperors was pretty wholesome

[@artgal5550]

Never had the thought cross my mind that a penguin would need to shade their egg from the hot sun.

[@williamhrivnak7345]

torishae rock Yeah I kinda wished non-Antarctic penguins were taught better to people. Emperors are cool and all, but that’s all zoos and movies and stuff ever want to show people so they don’t get to see the wonderful small species that live in in South America, Africa, and Australia/NZ

[@tiffanykuo4256]

I wonder why they cant lie on their backs under the sun...because the white would be much cooler...

[@GeeaRCee]

@@williamhrivnak7345 I had no clue that there were non antarctic penguins.

[@purpleemerald5299]

GeeCee Search up the “little blue penguin” from Australia. They’re the cutest, tiniest bastards.

[@deadlyfarriswheel]

@@williamhrivnak7345 a lot of zoos (where I'm from on the us) show African penguins instead of the Antarctic varieties I think to save money from the cooling to make it "natural"

[@0Beyonder0]

Can we appreciate how out of this world penguins are? From the way they court to how they slap each other to the noises they make like “EHHHHHH”

[@sirpenguinhonkers]

EHHHHHHH

[@inabach1623]

penguins teach me how easy life I have comparing to theirs. Their desperate effort in order to keep their baby cool in life-threatening high temperature was quite touching.

[@basithzaheersyed7656]

I observe penguins live for others, they are united to save other penguins.

[@eneserzurumluoglu6076]

Well, say it to my sexual life. Wish mating was this easy and simple.

[@MsHannahDavies]

@@basithzaheersyed7656 FB was

[@carellemadi5989]

yeah!

[@saadmessbahi3975]

2:13 Female penguin knocks the other to the ground. Homies in the back: "Daamn!"

[@taurusdragon4763]

"Best of Penguins" Me: awww it must be full of heartwarming and wholesome penguins The actual content: *drama, slapping, kidnapping and death*

[@decorumpantroglodytes5962]

*moo*

[@blaye2732]

What’s next drugs and gang wars

[@Anal_Flute]

@@blaye2732 I've heard that the Adélie penguins have a side business going on under the sea selling seaweed

[@CJCroen1393]

It's a soap opera!

[@jad1079]

Also... African penguins abandoning their eggs because they can't take the heat.

[@aussiehyune]

Watching the little penguin chick trying to run away from the kidnappers gave me SO MUCH anxiety

[@Lily-oc4rl]

In 7:12 u can just see the Adele coming in the background 😂😂😂

[@YJ-oz9ht]

LOL

[@npola3713]

Foreshadowing😂😂

[@soulless_mermaid666]

paid actor 😂

[@Tia-gy1ij]

that gives a whole new meaning to awkward teen years... not quite fluffy to be cute, not quite sleek to be pretty... damn... those emperor penguins have it tough

[@micalyptus]

Wait until you see the juvenile king penguins 😳😳

[@snehabhattacharjee9727]

Do penguins know how cute we think they are??

[@harkamalpreetsinghWW3]

Maybe 🤔

[@casemore2073]

They literally kidnap other penguins chicks

[@samuelcroll344]

@Jamie Koering Don't be a tosser

[@ard1805]

Sneha Bhattacharjee Why you think they keep trying to impress us with them suits?

[@Mythraen]

Do you know how cute they think you are?

[@paengskii0392]

Injured penguin going back to its nest to feed the chicks is just heartbreaking 😭😭😭

[@naokawanago2653]

waaa

[@taurusdragon4763]

D: it's so sad

[@precioustraveler]

That broke me. I’m sitting here crying.

[@Scrimblo.]

Noob

[@goldenglitter6487]

Too much :''(

[@natalia-mn3li]

you couldn't end it with a happy penguin film could you

[@dellalyn9918]

That's the same thing I thought....enough with the crul part of nature, we get it already...show us the kinder, gentler side...

[@allstarpterosaur850]

Most of nature is not for the faint of heart.

[@dellalyn9918]

cruel...😖

[@cinderblocc7521]

Life ain’t easy

[@Mythraen]

@@cinderblocc7521 KZbin videos are, though.

[@lizycole8999]

Them: Happy Feet is just a movie Me: explain this *8:14*

[@advikdeshmukh805]

I love seeing the penguins jumping out of the water

[@Lambda_Ovine]

Imagine that you're like, I don't know, 7 years old and you're in the park with your mom, and then a multitude of would-be-moms start chasing you while your mom tries to scare them away with slaps.

[@billcipher9781]

I dont know why, but at 4:34 I laughed so hard just imagine some fat penguin chase you down like a police car.

[@acehavoc]

😂😂

[@crespoopserc]

Their color of their heads is like a really jet black. Looks smooth and perfect

[@itsblossom-pv3fx]

Penguins need to set up their own Amber alert.

[@veggieboyultimate]

Some humans shows little love towards children, while some penguins shows too much love for children.

[@Tenraiden]

Some humans show too much love towards children too.

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

Don't mistake instinct for love. Animals are driven by hormones and not much else. They don't have human emotions.

[@milegaido8520]

@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 We humans think we are quite special, or are you a wild animal to know if they feel emotions or not? we both deal purely with chemicals

[@arte0021]

@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 love is an instinct too

[@deadlyfarriswheel]

@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 ahem Humans are animals too! Ya DINGUS!

[@jordanmark2237]

That ending man 😭😭😭

[@youngshreddfilthy2930]

Penguin's go through so much for their spouse and their young to survive attacks from hungry birds that looking for easy penguins.

[@casedistorted]

a waddle walk shows she's keen. Most british sentence ever. I love that the Adele penguin just gives no f's and runs in to save LARGER penguins. What a true gent.

[@JCpika]

I didn't realize how amazing penguins are... I didn't know they have forever mates - better than some humans when it comes to love and commitment.

[@stupidmango4036]

Yeah but they're so fucked up mentally, not just emporer penguins

[@iaminsideyourwalls2021]

Adelie penguins are more fucked up with all the facts mostly surrounding them

[@taxangmapalo-ines7443]

Injured penguin really really make me damn sob so hard😭😭😭😭😭

[@NovaRanger007]

4:50 - Mine, mine, mine - mine, mine, mine mine - miiine, mine, miine - miiiine, miiiine, miiiine

[@Tanisha-Lynn]

when the two girls get jealous and fight and, one starts slapping the crap outta the other penguin and her friend was just cheering her on LMAO omg

[@lilliew1520]

I love the slapping penguins! It makes me laugh!

[@starrybugs]

0:11 MICHAEL JACKSON HAS BECOME A PENGUIN

[@asiansareraisins7582]

7:13 You can see the Adelie in the background xd

[@catanalinacazenave130]

Imagine if we have to mirror our partners movements to confirm we are a couple.

[@pastapanda4042]

Daula East Fun fact: humans subconsciously mirror each other's movements if they're attracted to each other

[@99isabel99]

Yea thats #goals

[@zel.akzu3879]

sometimes i just wish u guys can help the penguins :( but then i realize this is all apart of nature, and u have to let things be :((((

[@tiffanykuo4256]

Yeah but the trouble is we haven't let things be...we are roasting and melting everyone. So maybe we should help...

[@malow8755]

we can't just ruin everything for them and then let them suffer because its "natural". So why do you give medicine to sick people if nature wanted them to die? sorry but your argument is not valid

[@ambrosia5064]

@@malow8755 natural selection, sure we hurt the earth but it's part of there nature to get killed or kidnap chicks, etc... You wouldnt help a deer escape a lion because that lion wouldnt get food, etc...

[@malow8755]

@@ambrosia5064 I wouldn't save because the lion would suffer. But who will suffer for saving the penguins? No one. Besides saving people with medicine is damaging the earth because we are over populated. Letting humans die would be much more convenient and is provably also a "natural selection". So according to your argument, we should let people also die and not interfere?

[@malow8755]

@@ambrosia5064 Anr actually looking backwards to when the earth was way more "natural", humans died from every disease, from every fight or hungered! So how r we in any way "natural"? 1.) Penguins getting killed because of climate change is not natural. Nature doesn't want this, it's a human caused effect. 2.) Even if it were "natural", saving them wouldn't be "unnatural". Maybe nature gave us humans the power to save so we should be doing it? How do u define "natural" anyway?

[@mogurii119]

an adelie is that short friends who's not afraid to defend you anytime✨

[@anonymous-sus406]

2:14 u know they said damn

[@soulless_mermaid666]

DAAAMN

[@daniels3318]

Penguins are aliens. This is something they don’t want us to know.

[@Ruby321123]

I always knew birds were aliens!

[@nicholaswhambs8638]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattf رمضان Ramadan

[@jamesdakis9691]

I always suspected that myself!

[@okoverlord928]

I knew it

[@foxxpenguin3036]

How dare you

[@vvdaniii244]

I never thought I'd live to see a penguin whopping the shit out of another penguin

[@sickmorbicity6426]

2:05 LMAO THAT MAN GOT NO HEAD

[@shaunyjimenez9637]

WAIT AHAHHAHA

[@mysteriousflabberghaster5553]

Omg I deaddddd🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NovaRanger007]

thanks for marking that.. missed it until you told 🤣

[@wenkhoo6845]

Holy moly your right

[@TNG9009]

Also at 9:00

[@iman3395]

THE WAY THEY WALK IS JUST SO GOD DAMN CUTE!! I CANT STOP SMILING

[@laurettaleaper8756]

Mother Earth, I hate you at times. That injured penguin just broke my heart. 😭😭

[@misschievous4850]

Awh that one sweetie pie protecting his mates 🥺

[@XSemperIdem5]

That last one. Now I'm crying. I need to go watch another cute video to recover.

[@shadowwriter329]

7:13-7:15 you can actually see the group of chicks’ rescuer in the background here. No doubt it is the same penguin.

[@cristinaliu4673]

how did they know which is the mother and which isnt

[@Randy1337]

Individual smell and voice, I assume.

[@jmr6117]

Different size and colors and noise..for us its the same but not for them..

[@MJsaBitterLemon]

They can't, accept through a special call and a distinct smell

[@Arterexius]

@@MJsaBitterLemon So like humans in general then. Just replace the smell with facial features and it's the same. They rely on audible and olfactory cues, where we rely on audible and visual cues.

[@kpbergey]

Penguins deep down just want to be parents real badly

[@topazfire974]

Can you imagine the conversation that they would have if there was some interpretation?

[@natashamejialeon8127]

7:58 that penguin is gonna be the penguin hokage of their penguin village 😂

[@hecticTK]

8:53 is that a fake penguin, nvm they say it’s a spy lol

[@mysteriousflabberghaster5553]

5:05 the way the females jumped on that baby reminds me of the vine when the alligator is in a pound full of hippos and hes screaming😂

[@misslini400]

Slap slap ill slap you. I really thought that the male penguins would be fighting for the females here, but turns out 2 females slapping each other till one slaps her way to victory !! 🙏🏼

[@dawn4849]

I watch this when I had a bad day and the waddling seriously blesses me

[@ainasyafiqah]

I cried for that last penguin😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@vava4820]

I come to see cute penguins but now I'm crying 😭

[@wynterfrosthye3795]

Damn u content creator. The end just broke my heart.

[@joshkeene8457]

1:42 “Please don’t fight! PLEASE DONT FIGHT!!! PLEASE DONT FIGHT!!!.......on second thought.....go right ahead.”

[@hyrulphicsound]

Why... Why did you end with that? WHY? 😭😭😭😭

[@ykyktricks2141]

7:55 “ No this is our Fwend 🥺”

[@CyberedCake]

Why does Discord App want me to watch this later? I'LL WATCH IT NOW!

[@yousefosman8094]

This is so hilarious. This is a meme mine waiting to be discovered

[@polarisnova7774]

0:02 lol the two penguins in the back be like getouttamaway!

[@doktorhyena]

The flipper fighting looks so weird

[@noneyours3237]

The animal kingdom is brutal.

[@ppstrong53]

Dude, our kind litteraly littery killed 100 million humans in the past 100 years

[@tenin982000]

@@ppstrong53 lol i think you forgot we are part of that animal kingdom as well.

[@basithzaheersyed7656]

Pl observe how they are united , to protect them selves and others. It is a lesson for humans.

[@taurusdragon4763]

@@tenin982000 what is this crap that we are animals? No, we are not.

[@tenin982000]

@@taurusdragon4763 lol you're an idiot. you might want to look at what we are called. homosapiens.

[@Trans4mers84561]

Rockhoppers: abandon chicks if theres more than one Also Rockhoppers: swiggity swoogity your kid is my booty

[@whalesharks202]

8:22 "Ya dats right you bes get outta here and leave meh and my fillow brothers and sisters alon!" 10:09 I didnt even know penguins can live in Africa- o--o

[@OriginalSirSpeaksAlot]

Poor penguin at the end. You fought valiantly young soldier. Be happier in Valhalla

[@ndzn]

The way they waddle

[@bestworld2836]

Какие же милые создания природы 💕

[@LFSPharaoh]

0:54 Penguins have always been my favorite animal, never would have thought I'd say "damn that penguin looks badass right now" lol

[@amarir7785]

This got me on an emotional rollercoaster 😭

[@SpacingOut_]

The injured penguin forcing its way up to feed its chick is just heartbreaking...

[@elvisvasquez7553]

No.3 is just Ramon and the amigos trying to save Mumble lol

[@krisdoessims4]

She slapped her way to victory🤣🤣🤣

[@starlinger2714]

Today, 20th of January, we celebrate the day of knowledge about penguins 🐧

[@magnaferreira4768]

I love Penguins❤️

[@vinothbabulc500]

16:32 - 16:40 : one of the most heartbreaking moments. Poor Penguin was not able to see his family!

[@rh1lt0n]

Made me smile so much. Absolutely love it

[@saviourawudzi5244]

I love everything about this bird's, they're too cute

[@eelsoirdor3573]

I had seen them before, but I enjoyed watching them again. Great videos BBC Earth, you do a hell of a job!

[@alicel2957]

Thank you for the great video. It's a lot of fun to be able to experience something from the everyday life of the penguins

[@pointlessmuffin5489]

The first penguin slaping the first other: OMG STOP TOUCHING ME AND STOP GETTING CLOSER TO MY PERSONAL SPACE >:V.

[@michimichi323]

The flipper slap off is like a typical Friday night in South Beach.

[@gelabbbeans]

Penguin parents are so protective from kidnappers!!! What a real parent should do

[@midnightwitch606]

I love penguins, such funny birds, love the slap fights 🤣🤣🤣🐧🐧🐧

[@user-ro2ee7cn3f]

Very-very good Video... Thanks... Forever Super Penguins...

[@neiltonfariasfilho5885]

Thank you BBC I love penguins 🐧❤🐧❤🐧❤🐧❤🐧❤🐧❤

[@lorispicer4598]

I always think of Robin Williams when i see an adelie penguin, i wonder if they know any spanish?😃

[@jmr6117]

Lori Spicer they know all languages lol...

[@jmr6117]

Cute little aliens from earth !....hard to see the last one fighting for his life ...i think he lost the battle ...sad..

[@neilbell8587]

Nobody: Michael Jackson: 0:13

[@deathtran4574]

Penguins are my favorite animal I am so happy you guys made this!!

[@robch.2901]

Penguins are even more hardcore than any big cat in the wild hahaha

[@stealthninja2566]

love these penguins!

[@anungbaao38]

I love penguin they are like human being, love it.

[@hackerofficial5467]

So lovely

[@jesslauren8031]

6:03 “But the fluff ball is accidentally flipped away” *baby penguin proceeds to be flung and tumbles away*

[@srhbluerain]

The editing is EVERYTHING!

[@leeannelisha1378]

wow! Amazing nature! I could not forget this seen. Thank you.❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍

[@meghasunil4370]

Those penguins jumping on the ice is the cutest thing ever😍

[@upranjal]

Fascinating!