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If you know me, you know I like penguins. And you know I like the penguin cam. What is the penguin cam? Let's see what the National Aviary has to say in their own words:quote:Get your penguin fix! It’s the National Aviary’s African Penguin cam, live from our Penguin Point exhibit! Watch them waddle, play, eat, and swim until your craving is satisfied. This well-dressed crew will make you smile! Doesn't that sound adorable? Without further ado, here is the penguin cam: http://www.aviary.org/penguin-cam What might you see on this penguin cam? Well, lucky for you I keep it on in the background when I'm working so I've screenshoted some of the cute and funny things you might get to see live! When penguins are trying to figure out what the hell is going on they will get as high as possible and crane their necks like so:  They often become dangerously curious in things such as flying insects and risk life and limb to follow them:  They like to sleep in tight spaces it seems, so sometimes you'll see them jam themselves between rocks:  Often the penguins are taken off to be "ambassadors" and you'll see them get picked up and passed around by their human friends:  Here's a penguin hiding over in the left corner, he later slipped and got caught between the rock and the tube, but don't worry, he made it out:  And often, especially in the evening, they'll just lay down like big fat blobs:  Every day they also have feeding time at 11 PM and 4 PM eastern time, where they all gather in the upper right part of the screen for fish snacks! If you turn on the cam and there aren't an penguins, don't worry! Penguin Point is a big place, they're probably just wandering somewhere else or going for a swim, they'll be back soon! Oh, and one last thing - the male penguins have a little white band on their right flipper. The females have it on their left flipper. There's no way to tell specific penguins though - except Happy at the moment since he is the last penguin there who hasn't had his first molt, so he is mostly black still instead of having the stripe on his chest.
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i just see some rocks
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Jul 9, 2016 16:24
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Parallax Scroll posted:i just see some rocks Such is the danger of the live penguin cam. They appear to all be somewhere else at the moment. But if you keep the tab open and check periodically, you're sure to see them soon enough! I figured as soon as I posted this they would all leave the viewing area and they did, the little bastards.
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Jul 9, 2016 16:26
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OctoberBlues posted:Such is the danger of the live penguin cam. They appear to all be somewhere else at the moment. But if you keep the tab open and check periodically, you're sure to see them soon enough! its cool they are nice rocks
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Jul 9, 2016 16:30
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Parallax Scroll posted:i just see some rocks You are Medusa and you turned them into rocks by looking at them
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Jul 9, 2016 16:31
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There's a penguin out now, although it'll probably leave by the time I post this. 
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Jul 9, 2016 16:37
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penguins kick rear end they are a cool as heck lil bird
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Jul 9, 2016 16:38
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i also like penguins this is a good thread one of the best
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Jul 9, 2016 16:52
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Jul 9, 2016 16:52
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hes looking at a rock
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Jul 9, 2016 16:57
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Enfield posted:hes looking at a rock Don't worry, I'm sure a fly will fly by soon enough and the penguin will spazz out and try to chase it around. They love to do that.
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Jul 9, 2016 17:02
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a second penguin has hit the camera
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Jul 9, 2016 17:07
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There was a penguin a few minutes ago who came on screen, walked all the way over to the rocks in the top corner, picked up a rock in his mouth, then walked back to where he had came from. Silly creatures.
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Jul 9, 2016 17:10
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penguins are awesome
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Jul 9, 2016 17:14
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It should be feeding time in 25 minutes, although I'm not 100% sure they will do it over by the viewing glass today since the aviary is closed today due to a special event. Here is a bonus pic of Bette, mother to six of the penguins at the aviary. Fun fact: she doesn't know she is their mother now that they are grown so she treats them like all the other penguins 
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Jul 9, 2016 17:36
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PENGUINS BEING FED RIGHT NOW
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Jul 9, 2016 18:10
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Lots of penguins roaming around right now
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Jul 9, 2016 18:26
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The National Aviary owns and if you ever get a chance you should visit it. They even have a few free flight exhibits that are just big habitats with all these cool birds flying around and you can pet them and stuff too, I could spend an entire day there.
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Jul 9, 2016 19:17
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THEY ARE FEEDING THE PENGUINS RIGHT NOW
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Jul 9, 2016 19:35
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Every day I wake up, and curse God for giving me this futile existence. Now I realize why I exist, to watch the Penguin Cam and ponder the meaning of penguin life.
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Jul 9, 2016 19:43
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they appear to be pretty chill and calm about taking turns when it comes to eating
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Jul 9, 2016 19:45
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Dreddout posted:Every day I wake up, and curse God for giving me this futile existence. Now I realize why I exist, to watch the Penguin Cam and ponder the meaning of penguin life. That's how I feel, I have this on almost all day at work and it keeps me sane. vols bitch posted:they appear to be pretty chill and calm about taking turns when it comes to eating They are, although they sometimes randomly fight. They never stay mad at each other though. Sometimes they will bite at each other and get fairly violent looking but after like 20 seconds they just stop and stand next to each other with no further issues for five minutes.
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Penguins are awesome and even serve in the military and get knighted:quote:Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a king penguin who resides in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guard.  Thanks for this OP, I am currently watching what looks like a penguin arguing with a rock.
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Jul 10, 2016 02:25
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It is night. The penguins are hiding in the dark corners, and it looks like they're staring through the camera piercing my soul.
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Jul 10, 2016 03:44
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Some of them are walking around now, but they all get the demon eyes at night.
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Jul 10, 2016 03:54
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Wake me up when there's peacock cam
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Jul 10, 2016 03:55
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gently caress u and ur pengiuns op
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Jul 10, 2016 03:56
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ps i voted u a 1
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Jul 10, 2016 03:56
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DOMDOM posted:gently caress u and ur pengiuns op I'll be praying for you DOMDOM.
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Jul 10, 2016 04:02
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I do this everyday, but swap "to feed the chicks" with "due to alcohol poisoning" and "ice" for "carpet" and I am a literal penguin.
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Jul 10, 2016 04:10
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Penguins also scratch their heads like dogs, as this penguin did a couple minutes ago. This penguin by the way (it's one of the females, not sure which one) often spends her nights sleeping standing up against this rock like she is doing now.
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Jul 10, 2016 04:11
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Can you train them to be assistance animals like we ahve with dogs and horses?
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Jul 10, 2016 04:19
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are they tasty they look tasty
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Jul 10, 2016 04:25
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I feel like this an appropriate thread to remind everyone that some researchers studied how penguins project poo poo away from their nests. http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2007/07/07/science-vault-projectile-pengu-1/ Surprise: They were German. 
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Jul 10, 2016 04:27
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DOMDOM posted:are they tasty No, I think they taste pretty terrible unless you are a seal.
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Jul 10, 2016 04:29
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ok but what is their opinion of the new ghostbusters movie
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Jul 10, 2016 04:31
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DOMDOM posted:ok but what is their opinion of the new ghostbusters movie 
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Jul 10, 2016 04:36
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DOMDOM posted:ok but what is their opinion of the new ghostbusters movie Personally I would be more curious to know what they think of Ben Affleck's Batman
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AugmentedVision posted:Personally I would be more curious to know what they think of Ben Affleck's Batman 
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