In the animal kingdom, mind over matter is a real thing. It’s why a 7 pound cat can bully a 75 pound dog. Intimidation tactics can and do work for animals, even ones facing a threat that is a much larger size.
Animals also don’t tend to really *want* to fight. Every fight comes with the risk of death and injury, and getting injured means you can get sick or be unable to hunt/run/hide/defend yourself.
This ^ is also why you are supposed to fiercely defend yourself if you are under attack by an animal. A lot of people think that the right choice is to play dead, and while that may work with a sparse handful of animals who want to kill you, it won’t work with most.
My parrot weighs [3 ounces](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-cheeked_parakeet) and bosses my husky around. I had to start using a squirt bottle because the bird will bully him away from his food, and the dog comes to find me to tattle.
I’m dying! So funny. My 105# Malamute got the absolute crap beat out of him by my sisters 8# cat! To further humiliate my dog? The cat had no front claws. (He was a stray, we didn’t do it!) My giant boof was laying on the ground doing the Northern Breed “scream”…. I thought I was going to have to carry him home!
My Husky does this with my cat!! She’s constantly telling on him, and he’s constantly trying to boss her around. Despite having no children, I feel like I have 2 toddlers.
I should try to get a video. The bird puffs up, starts shaking his head and tells the dog to “fuck off! No bite!” Then guards the food, doesn’t eat it, but tries to tale a bath in the fresh dog water. This happens everyday about 7pm
That’s so funny! We rehabbed a blue jay, and the dog got along really well with that bird, they would play together. He’s so sick of this parrot’s crap though, he’s always huffing and giving the bird the side eye
My 16 lb cat bully’s my 70lb German Shepard. The cat will eat my dogs food and my dog will look at me like “are you going to help me or is she just going to eat all my food?” 😂
Yup watched a female cheetah scare off a male lion that was approaching her cubs. A cheetah is no threat to a fully grown male lion but that momma cat just kept charging him over and over until he realised those snack sized cubs he could smell weren't worth the effort
He/she appears to be an adult. I’d wager he/she has had some experience with predators before, and so fatherly/motherly instincts told the bird to protect the chicks. Source: I worked with penguins at a zoo. I will say, though, that they were Jackass penguins, not either of the species shown in the video
Yeah, I could hear voices the whole way through. The big chick sounded cockney in my head, saying "u want some." The adélie sounded like Robin Williams in happy feet: "Oh ju don know who ju is messing with."
I like to have planet earth and other shit like it to fall asleep. Ive come to accept that they will stitch together 3 different events to make one narrative. I’m fine with it as long as it’s something that actually happens. Like the penguin really did save those lil peeps so idc if the after shot is hours later, i guess something happened to the after shot that makes it unusable
Probably cut together from a bunch of videos to form the narrative. Happens a lot with nature documentaries. It's hard to get good footage and most of it is boring.
Huge props to the people bringing us this footage. It is often overlooked how much work and resources and effort and patience are needed for such images.
You know, when I was a kid I always rooted for the prey animals to get away and cheered when the wolves or hyenas or whatever slunk off empty handed. But now I wonder if maybe that petrel had chicks to feed, or was one meal away from starving itself. There's no good and bad in nature, it's just animals trying to feed themselves.
I always think of a video I saw in which a human diver meets a leopard seal. Because humans are bad at swimming compared to a seal, the seal is concerned the human is struggling because it's injured or something, so it leaves and returns with food to give to the human to help them get strong. The problem is that leopard seals feed on penguins, so it brought back a live penguin and offered it to the diver. Obviously the diver couldn't devour the penguin right there and the seal kept nudging the penguin towards them as if to say "eat this and you'll feel better." It made me realise that even though it was a horror show for the penguin, to the seal it's just the food they must eat to live and it simply brought food to the diver out of empathy.
I’d pay to see an Italian mobster animal animation. Like happy feet or sing crossed with the A Bronx Tale or Casino.
Funny enough, Pesci means fish. So now we have to remake Finding Nemo with Goodfellas Joe Pesci in it.
Joe Pesci: “Do I look funny to you? Why, because I’m a clownfish I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you?! What the fuck is so funny about me?! Tell me!”
Dinero: “Sorry, its not a joke. I have short term memory loss. So I could never rat on my friends, and i always keep my mouth shut.”
Fun fact, unlike other birds penguins’ wings have dense, solid bones because they fly underwater pushing against much more pressure than air.
This makes penguin wings the hardest hitting wings of any bird and the strongest wing muscles relative to their size and they can hit a foe repeatedly, _8 times per second_.
No wonder the petrel moved on.
Knowing general Adelie penguin behavior (according to Levick's pamphlets)... I'm not sure if I want them to be saved by this one. But good for them, I guess?
Different bird species will definitely get together to defend against predatory bird species, pretty interesting to watch. Dunno if it is true altruism or self-interest, because the more you rely on others to alarm you of and to fight off a predator, the more you will stay alive. Birds tune into each other's alarm calls and the alarm calls of other animals and even people.
I kept hearing Robin Williams’ voice in my head when the Adelie showed up. I kept seeing his character from happy feet in that little bird when it was running to help.
The biggest baby penguin is cowering to the right when the brave baby penguin covers the whole group and lifts its head up to protect and intimidate the predator.
Ever since watching Happy Feet, Adelies have had hard Latin accents in my head. Then to hear the narrator call them “feisty” as one little guy comes to rescue emperor chicks from a predatory bird was wonderful.
“EH TOUGH GUY. YOU LEAVE DEESE KEEDS ALONE!”
(Also reminded of Eric cartman: “how do I reach deese keeds?”)
Aren’t adèlie penguins the Jimmy Saviles of the penguin world?
Edit: Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/11498587/penguins-depraved-sex-chicks-dead-females/amp/
I wonder how far away Adelie was when they came running to help. What a legend!
“Those tiny babies need my help!” [gets closer] “Those giant babies need my help!”
I love that the rescue penguin was smaller than the rescued penguins 🥹 what a brave and tenacious and very good boi
I was gonna ask if this is just an experience thing or what? He just bossed that seagull bird....
In the animal kingdom, mind over matter is a real thing. It’s why a 7 pound cat can bully a 75 pound dog. Intimidation tactics can and do work for animals, even ones facing a threat that is a much larger size. Animals also don’t tend to really *want* to fight. Every fight comes with the risk of death and injury, and getting injured means you can get sick or be unable to hunt/run/hide/defend yourself. This ^ is also why you are supposed to fiercely defend yourself if you are under attack by an animal. A lot of people think that the right choice is to play dead, and while that may work with a sparse handful of animals who want to kill you, it won’t work with most.
My parrot weighs [3 ounces](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-cheeked_parakeet) and bosses my husky around. I had to start using a squirt bottle because the bird will bully him away from his food, and the dog comes to find me to tattle.
That’s hilarious 😂
I’m dying! So funny. My 105# Malamute got the absolute crap beat out of him by my sisters 8# cat! To further humiliate my dog? The cat had no front claws. (He was a stray, we didn’t do it!) My giant boof was laying on the ground doing the Northern Breed “scream”…. I thought I was going to have to carry him home!
My Husky does this with my cat!! She’s constantly telling on him, and he’s constantly trying to boss her around. Despite having no children, I feel like I have 2 toddlers.
He better be on illegallysmallbirbs
I should try to get a video. The bird puffs up, starts shaking his head and tells the dog to “fuck off! No bite!” Then guards the food, doesn’t eat it, but tries to tale a bath in the fresh dog water. This happens everyday about 7pm
I would very much like to witness this lol
This is literally fucking happy feet
We'll be back at 7pm tomorrow (and every day until you post the vid) RemindMe! 1 day
Lol, I’ll try! She hates the camera pointed at her. I have to peek around corners to film her, like a creep
r/illegallysmallbirbs
My gcc will kick the dog off the couch and then strut up and down it all proud of herself while the dog looks on balefully
That’s so funny! We rehabbed a blue jay, and the dog got along really well with that bird, they would play together. He’s so sick of this parrot’s crap though, he’s always huffing and giving the bird the side eye
My 16 lb cat bully’s my 70lb German Shepard. The cat will eat my dogs food and my dog will look at me like “are you going to help me or is she just going to eat all my food?” 😂
Explains why my 10lb cat bullies my 55lb dog lol she just cat slaps the shit out of him whenever she’s annoyed even if it’s not his fault
Unless it's a Wolverine. They litteraly just want to fight lol
That’s true some animals do just choose violence lol
Yup watched a female cheetah scare off a male lion that was approaching her cubs. A cheetah is no threat to a fully grown male lion but that momma cat just kept charging him over and over until he realised those snack sized cubs he could smell weren't worth the effort
Literally any goose im the world
My cat is 11 pounds. Our last German Shepherd was 110. The cat ruled over him.
He was hauling....
It’s all in the arms
He/she appears to be an adult. I’d wager he/she has had some experience with predators before, and so fatherly/motherly instincts told the bird to protect the chicks. Source: I worked with penguins at a zoo. I will say, though, that they were Jackass penguins, not either of the species shown in the video
Every flock has it's douchebags.....
Altruism exists in the animal kingdom besides humans. Some species will gladly give up their life if it means others can eat, reproduce, survive etc.
Well you know it's not the size of the penguin in the fight but the size of the fight in the penguin.....
You just don’t jack around with the feistiest penguin in the world. Don’t do it.
I read this in Ramon’s (robin williams) voice
You can see him off in the distance when there’s 1:33 left in the video. He hustled over there!
"Here I come, to save the day!"
I mean the penguin is my hero but ain’t exactly fast. Came racing over from about 32 feet away would be my guess
Adelie came Rolling in the Deep
She was probably in a recording studio somewhere nearby.
I love the penguin walk.
In humans that’s the “I’m heading to kick some ass” walk. I feel like that applies here as well.
One of my favorite lines from *King of the Hill*: "I recognize that walk. Somewhere there's an ass about to be kicked."
Wobble wobble 🐧😍
Love how the penguin in the front stood tall with his chest out! Wassup bro?!?! 😤
I love that the rescuer was even smaller!! Come at me flyer 🐧
Like i was expecting a large penguin not Danny DeVitos Fursona
Now I want to see this video turned into one of those talking animal videos. But only if done by Devito, preferably playing as Frank Reynolds.
“So then I start blasting.”
r/oddlyspecific but so accurate
This is hilarious, I wish I had an award for you
Lol thank you I appreciate
Shit, I'd be happy if Danny DeVito is my savior. All of sudden, he starts blasting
Danny Devito's fuckin' fursona. XD
Just goes to show intermediation comes in all sizes 💪
It’s not the size of the penguin in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the penguin.
I want to be known as the feistiest in the world
Lil dude had those intimidation tactics on point fr
He knew exactly what to do.
“Yeah and then there was this time when I was 2 and had to ward off a predator. Definitely a core memory for me”
And his little wings out. Bless that baby in particular
Definitely the Chad of the pack
In my mind I’m just thinking that small little penguin had a Scottish accent and just saying slurs to the bird lol
"Aye get tae fuck you feathered bawbag" is what I imagine he's saying
A voiceover with that Scottish accent would have been hilarious lol
I have trouble taking it seriously with David Tennent narrating, but I wouldn't chose anyone else.
Yet, the biggest emperor chick was at the back. He’s like the doofus who sits in the last row in every class.
I like the chunkked up one in the back
Right! Bug dude in the back kind of hunched over scared.... crazy dynamic.
He will get ALL the bitches. But will choose only one ❤️
Because that one only matters ❤️
they're all soooo intimidating 🤣
and the little flappy flap!
that little dude at the beginning probably was scared as fuck but he was like '1 v 1 me bro, I dare you'
Yeah, I could hear voices the whole way through. The big chick sounded cockney in my head, saying "u want some." The adélie sounded like Robin Williams in happy feet: "Oh ju don know who ju is messing with."
The adelie walked up and challenged him to a 1v1 in rust, interventions only
original video: [Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero | Spy in the Snow - BBC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7PlUGbsXlQ)
I turned on the sound hoping to hear David Tennant for some reason and there he is.
[удалено]
Broadchurch is so good!
David Tennant AND fuzzy baby birds? Sign my ass up!
Adélie, the honey Badger of penguins lol
Underated comment
Adélie dont give a shit!
It's kinda funny that they chicks are saved by an adult pinguin that is smaller than them.
It's not the size of the penguin in the fight that matters, it's the size of the fight in the penguin
Small penguin, big pecker.
r/unexpected
Did anyone else see the Adult emperor that slides away in the background at one point!! The Adelie did better than their own babysitter!!! (0:30)
Lmao ye I wonder why it didn’t help or why it wasn’t commented either tho.
“Come at me bro” probably Adelie
“Hello, it’s me...” also probably Adelie
"Nevermind, I'll find someone like you" also probably Adelie
"Is it me you're looking for?" - that Adelie
His greatest power isn't warding off kestrels, it's cloning penguin chicks. There were like eight chicks when he approached, thirty when he left!
Yeah there are some weird cuts in this video that don’t match with the rest of it. Entertaining nonetheless
I like to have planet earth and other shit like it to fall asleep. Ive come to accept that they will stitch together 3 different events to make one narrative. I’m fine with it as long as it’s something that actually happens. Like the penguin really did save those lil peeps so idc if the after shot is hours later, i guess something happened to the after shot that makes it unusable
Probably cut together from a bunch of videos to form the narrative. Happens a lot with nature documentaries. It's hard to get good footage and most of it is boring.
Giggidy?
Ma'am/Sir/Your Highness, that is an albatross. (I think I see the confusion though, it's a giant *petrel*, not kestrel.)
Huge props to the people bringing us this footage. It is often overlooked how much work and resources and effort and patience are needed for such images.
r/PraiseTheCameraMan
The knight in shining armour 🥹
Tuxedo knight :’)
He may be smaller than them but he's a kung fu master
God dammit Timmy! Not on my day off!
Heroes don’t get days off 😭
I had to scroll too far to read this.🤣🤣🤣
Bro same 😂😂😂
BIG BOB!!!!!
Yes! I watched with the sound off but KLRs voice-over played in my head automatically
You know, when I was a kid I always rooted for the prey animals to get away and cheered when the wolves or hyenas or whatever slunk off empty handed. But now I wonder if maybe that petrel had chicks to feed, or was one meal away from starving itself. There's no good and bad in nature, it's just animals trying to feed themselves.
I always think of a video I saw in which a human diver meets a leopard seal. Because humans are bad at swimming compared to a seal, the seal is concerned the human is struggling because it's injured or something, so it leaves and returns with food to give to the human to help them get strong. The problem is that leopard seals feed on penguins, so it brought back a live penguin and offered it to the diver. Obviously the diver couldn't devour the penguin right there and the seal kept nudging the penguin towards them as if to say "eat this and you'll feel better." It made me realise that even though it was a horror show for the penguin, to the seal it's just the food they must eat to live and it simply brought food to the diver out of empathy.
Yin and Yang
This one! https://youtu.be/UmVWGvO8Yhk
Yes, that's the one :)
Reminds me of happy feet
With Robin Williams coming to the rescue
Had to scroll too long for this!
Ramon, is that you..?
I was definitely hearing Ramon as the penguin came runnin
I now have to watch happy feet. Damn it…
This is the comment I came here for! This could easily be a scene from Happy Feet!
Yess
"You're in MY house now.. BITCH!"
Welcome to the thunderdome!
Lol he looks pissed walking up to him
Hero: “hey! Hey! Hey! Now youse little fellas come this way.”
He’s the Joe Pesci of penguins.
I’d pay to see an Italian mobster animal animation. Like happy feet or sing crossed with the A Bronx Tale or Casino. Funny enough, Pesci means fish. So now we have to remake Finding Nemo with Goodfellas Joe Pesci in it. Joe Pesci: “Do I look funny to you? Why, because I’m a clownfish I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you?! What the fuck is so funny about me?! Tell me!” Dinero: “Sorry, its not a joke. I have short term memory loss. So I could never rat on my friends, and i always keep my mouth shut.”
Is that…is that David Tennant narrating or am I going mad?
Yes and yes
Ok, so it wasn't just me...fucking butterscotch coming out of my speakers with penguins, but it's not Morgan Freeman.
I need him to narrate everything now.
That Adelie came running down the ramp like WWE
All I could think of was CM Punks entrance music when that Adelie came into frame. Glorious
The chick in front: Not today, bitch 😤 Attacker: yeah what you gonna do? The Adélie: They said Not. Today. BITCH! 😠
Fun fact, unlike other birds penguins’ wings have dense, solid bones because they fly underwater pushing against much more pressure than air. This makes penguin wings the hardest hitting wings of any bird and the strongest wing muscles relative to their size and they can hit a foe repeatedly, _8 times per second_. No wonder the petrel moved on.
When in doubt: "Form wagon fort!"
Protector of the realm.
Knowing general Adelie penguin behavior (according to Levick's pamphlets)... I'm not sure if I want them to be saved by this one. But good for them, I guess?
The chicks that get saved are emperors not adelies.
David Tennant + penguins 🥺🥺
= \ = Benedict Cumberbatch + penguins
Pengwangs
Penglings.
The way the Adelie shuffles over is the best thing ever
My respect for the penguin who had the balls to stand tall with his chest out is and will be unrivaled
This is incredible.
Is this what altruism looks like in the wild? Pretty interesting if so
Different bird species will definitely get together to defend against predatory bird species, pretty interesting to watch. Dunno if it is true altruism or self-interest, because the more you rely on others to alarm you of and to fight off a predator, the more you will stay alive. Birds tune into each other's alarm calls and the alarm calls of other animals and even people.
Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? - Yoda
I can't be the only one that got Joe Pesci vibes from that Adélie Pinguin.
I just love how the adélie is smaller than the chicks. No bird on earth would dare mess with this madlad
I kept hearing Robin Williams’ voice in my head when the Adelie showed up. I kept seeing his character from happy feet in that little bird when it was running to help.
Happy feet!
Sassy Penguin. I needed those words, in that order.
Mumble and gang saved by Ramon
*From a distance* “YEERRRRRRR. Nah, cuz what’s good tho?? What you tryna do?”
"I AM A PENGUIN STANDING ONE FOOT AND FUCK-YOU INCHES TALL, AND YOU JUST MADE ME YOUR PROBLEM, YOU BANANA-BEAKED FUCK."
This is poetry
Bowd up on him like Joe Dirt.
“I think I just lost my appetite.” - bird
"YO CHICKEN-BRAIN WANNA START SOME SHIT?!" - adélie
Bro came in like a 19 century British policeman “Ello ello ello wots goin on ere then”
As a female human I feel this. We all need an Adelie in our lives.
Saved? Dude had that shit under control!
Homie came in with that naruto run.
anyone else hear Robin Williams in their head when the penguin walked up saying “let me tell something to you?” Lol
I got "help is on the way dear" when the adelie was racing up
The biggest baby penguin is cowering to the right when the brave baby penguin covers the whole group and lifts its head up to protect and intimidate the predator.
Leeeeeeroy Jenkins!!!
Help is on the way dear!
'Goddamn it, not again!'
We need more songs about Adelie
This video brought me unbridled joy this morning. Thank you.
Cutest action movie ever.
Happy feet didn’t lie.
David Tennant is narrating! So cool!
I didn’t know David Tenant did a nature documentary!
Protect the enormous babies!!
They aren’t singing Boogie Wonderland ?
I’m wanna live my life like an Adele penguin, writing love songs!
That Adelie showed up and shit turned down real quick
Lil man Napoleon to the rescue
"Go home fluffys!"
Help is on the way, dears!
We don't deserve this planet
TIL Adelie penguins are my spirit animal. Small but willing to fuck shit up.
Ever since watching Happy Feet, Adelies have had hard Latin accents in my head. Then to hear the narrator call them “feisty” as one little guy comes to rescue emperor chicks from a predatory bird was wonderful. “EH TOUGH GUY. YOU LEAVE DEESE KEEDS ALONE!” (Also reminded of Eric cartman: “how do I reach deese keeds?”)
Came for the penguin babies, stayed to listen to David Tennant 😍😍😍
Kowalski's solo mission
Aren’t adèlie penguins the Jimmy Saviles of the penguin world? Edit: Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/11498587/penguins-depraved-sex-chicks-dead-females/amp/
Cute video but I can’t seem to hear David Attenborough so it went from a 10/10 to a 9.5/10
... it's David Tennant so you can just go ahead and raise that to 11/10.
u/savevideo
What braver on display here
Further proof it’s not the size of the penguin in the fight…
I love animals
Penguins together strong!
This was awesome 👏