#march of the penguins

[ketrinadrawsalot]

The Galápagos penguin is endemic to the Galápagos Islands and is the rarest penguin. Because they can't breed when ocean surface temperatures are above 25C, they're especially affected by climate change. Ecotourism is also a threat, due to littering and irresponsible birdwatching.

[todays-xkcd]

My bracket has 76 trombones led by John Philip Sousa facing off against thousands of emperor penguins led by Morgan Freeman.

March Madness [Explained]

[gastypm]

emperor penguin - shots from March Of The Penguins 2

[elliottnotyet]

Day 5 of Marchirp: Penguins. I drew a Rockhopper Penguin because they just look so happy.

[Image ID: penguin with yellow feathers on its head standing on a rock in front on the ocean. End ID]

[lem4dead]

i loved this eerie shot of a leopard seal in march of the penguins and wanted to replicate it

[oldinterneticons]

[warrioreowynofrohan]

New tumblr poll bracket?

[xkcdbracket]

Literal March Madness

The Last March of the Ents. A scene in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

March of the Penguins. Nature documentary about Emporer penguins

[duplexide]

Why tf is Facebook giving me ads for march of the penguins on Gameboy advance?

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Penguins have keratin spines inside their mouths and on their tongues to prevent prey from escaping.

[autismmydearwatson]

Just watched March of the Penguins for the first time since I was a literal child and holy shit. holy fucking shit. I'm going to lose it.

Every year the emperor penguins travel 70 miles inland to find their one mate. They have their single egg, the only child the couple will have, and the minute the egg is laid the mother perches it atop her feet under her belly feathers, and carefully passes it to the father. And if they drop their egg even once, the cold overtakes it and their one fragile baby is lost forever. But the father keeps his child, on his feet, and shuffles cautiously until the egg hatches. The women travel 70 miles back to the sea for food, and their mates and eggs are left behind. They stay, landlocked, no food, winter setting in, because they trust their loved ones to make it back four months later with food. There's no guarantee their mate will return. But the men stay behind anyway because they trust them. There's no guarantee the father won't slip and doom their child to death in the winter, but she leaves anyway because she trusts him, and because her baby will need food desperately when it hatches. Eurydice has to trust Orpheus not to turn and look. Juliet has to trust Romeo to get the letter in time. And so the men are left at the mating ground in the dark of winter for four months, no food, with a baby on the way. The women journey to the water. If one of them dies on the trail or is eaten by sea lions, her mate and child are doomed to starve. If one of the men gets separated from their huddle, the father and egg freeze to death. If the eggs hatch before their mothers return, the fathers have to trust that they will be back soon to feed them. They must, they must. Eventually, return she does, and this time the father must go the 70 miles to land because he has starved for four months, while mother is left at the barren mating land to protect her chick from the cold. Once the men are fed, the family finally comes back together once more, and they set off to the sea. The chicks learn to swim and hunt. The parents finally enjoy full bellies. And then they do it all over again.

This pilgrimage takes up nine months out of a year. This people endures nine months in a crucible of death and pain and love and trust, just so their children can enjoy three months of peace.

This flock exiles themselves to a barren, cruel plain, kept alive with the hope of returning to their homeland for another three months.

I just. Holy shit. Holy fucking shit. I just hholy fuck.

[moviethoughtswithkate]

March of the Penguins (2005)

Beautiful documentary I cried all the way through

[deep-spacediver577]

[oldinterneticons]

Top MOVIE icons posted to @oldinterneticons in 2022

[justarandomart]

thanks for the adorable request!! @jumpde