in one of the world’s largest King
penguin colonies chicks must be able to
this chick can expect one of three
faiths be eaten alive starve to death or
hang on one more day until their parents
return with food to cool their bellies
how is it possible that life can come
back from the dead the island of South
Georgia was the scene of one of the
worst wildlife massacres it is
species driven to near extinction the
whaling stations were abandoned this is
an all inspiring story of how if given
the chance Nature can bounce back on her
scale you’re not going to believe my
name’s Bertie Gregory and I’m a National
Geographic wildlife filmmaker
[Music]
less than a hundred years ago the
Penguins of South Georgia were being
used as kindling for whaling station
we finally made at the Sandy Bay you
know the busiest Beach on the planet
it’s funny when you read about king
penguins on paper you know you’ve read
they dive to 300 meters 1,000 feet and
some of the roughest ocean in the world
and then they come back to hear this
kind of blizzard snow-covered
mountainous island to breed and you heat
them and they’re just totally unfazed
hello some of these adults might not
have set foot on land for five months to
see their chips and with the belly full
the worst part is over just a nice
stroll to find the kids great a blubbery
400,000 king penguins hoping my hometown
in a way so it’s like a city look it
looks to start with like just a mass
sprawl of penguins but it’s almost
organized I mean you’ve got that big
swimming pool in the middle prime
swimming for a little wash when you’re
all stinky then on the left there’s a
bunch missing a load of feathers there
I’m bearing the posters of molting so in
are strictly comparison I guess we could
say that was the hospital
and then starts to a bit of movement I
guess that’s their highways through the
Colby and then the biggest supermarket
in the world packed for the lantern fish
which is their primary prey here but my
favorite part is the crash when the
chicks of five weeks old their parents
leave them in a kindergarten food
becomes scarce during the winter so both
of the parents have to go out into the
open ocean to hunt depending on their
luck they might not return for months so
what do you do when mum and dad aren’t
[Music]
they just have the most amazing fluffy
coats I think with kid releasing the
adults take every year to raise the
chick so the chick has to sit here
during the Austral the Antarctic winter
so imagine seeing here in blizzards and
ice and snow waiting for mum and dad to
bring you food I mean I can’t feel my
fingers so I kind of wish I was in this
coat right now the parents have sense
and the brutal weather conditions make
the chicks vulnerable and that’s what
giant petrels hunt king penguin chicks
by spotting a weak one that strayed away
luckily this time they have strength in
numbers and the giant petrel can’t
single one out
finally home each adult calls their
I think the checks like alright enough
with the showing off now give me some
food and scientists actually found that
towards the end of the foraging trips
the bellies of the Penguins dropped
significantly below 37 degrees which is
their normal body temperature and so
they think it’s almost like a cool box
in their belly to keep the fish fresh
[Applause]
are you totally soul food come out
/ a bit gross now that the chicks have
had a few mouths full the adults need to
go back to the ocean and start again if
only it were as easy as that
they must be go she ate a long line of
a high-standard the devil that’s
brilliant
one awesome taxi there must’ve had
together the one behind is easily the
one in Canada Shido
the felons getting absolutely hammered
for the back watch actually no the back
ones getting hammered – it’s a rubbish
tax
and there they go back out to sea off to
get another belly full of fish to their
chick and to think that you know such a
clumsy bird on land can then dive to 300
meters a thousand feet is pretty
it’s fight is just unbelievable in 1925
just 1100 king penguins for counted here
and now there are over 400,000 this is
what happens when environmental
conditions are right and you protect a
place and if this isn’t justification
for looking after wild places then I do not know what is
penguin colonies chicks must be able to
this chick can expect one of three
faiths be eaten alive starve to death or
hang on one more day until their parents
return with food to cool their bellies
how is it possible that life can come
back from the dead the island of South
Georgia was the scene of one of the
worst wildlife massacres it is
species driven to near extinction the
whaling stations were abandoned this is
an all inspiring story of how if given
the chance Nature can bounce back on her
scale you’re not going to believe my
name’s Bertie Gregory and I’m a National
Geographic wildlife filmmaker
[Music]
less than a hundred years ago the
Penguins of South Georgia were being
used as kindling for whaling station
we finally made at the Sandy Bay you
know the busiest Beach on the planet
it’s funny when you read about king
penguins on paper you know you’ve read
they dive to 300 meters 1,000 feet and
some of the roughest ocean in the world
and then they come back to hear this
kind of blizzard snow-covered
mountainous island to breed and you heat
them and they’re just totally unfazed
hello some of these adults might not
have set foot on land for five months to
see their chips and with the belly full
the worst part is over just a nice
stroll to find the kids great a blubbery
400,000 king penguins hoping my hometown
in a way so it’s like a city look it
looks to start with like just a mass
sprawl of penguins but it’s almost
organized I mean you’ve got that big
swimming pool in the middle prime
swimming for a little wash when you’re
all stinky then on the left there’s a
bunch missing a load of feathers there
I’m bearing the posters of molting so in
are strictly comparison I guess we could
say that was the hospital
and then starts to a bit of movement I
guess that’s their highways through the
Colby and then the biggest supermarket
in the world packed for the lantern fish
which is their primary prey here but my
favorite part is the crash when the
chicks of five weeks old their parents
leave them in a kindergarten food
becomes scarce during the winter so both
of the parents have to go out into the
open ocean to hunt depending on their
luck they might not return for months so
what do you do when mum and dad aren’t
[Music]
they just have the most amazing fluffy
coats I think with kid releasing the
adults take every year to raise the
chick so the chick has to sit here
during the Austral the Antarctic winter
so imagine seeing here in blizzards and
ice and snow waiting for mum and dad to
bring you food I mean I can’t feel my
fingers so I kind of wish I was in this
coat right now the parents have sense
and the brutal weather conditions make
the chicks vulnerable and that’s what
giant petrels hunt king penguin chicks
by spotting a weak one that strayed away
luckily this time they have strength in
numbers and the giant petrel can’t
single one out
finally home each adult calls their
I think the checks like alright enough
with the showing off now give me some
food and scientists actually found that
towards the end of the foraging trips
the bellies of the Penguins dropped
significantly below 37 degrees which is
their normal body temperature and so
they think it’s almost like a cool box
in their belly to keep the fish fresh
[Applause]
are you totally soul food come out
/ a bit gross now that the chicks have
had a few mouths full the adults need to
go back to the ocean and start again if
only it were as easy as that
they must be go she ate a long line of
a high-standard the devil that’s
brilliant
one awesome taxi there must’ve had
together the one behind is easily the
one in Canada Shido
the felons getting absolutely hammered
for the back watch actually no the back
ones getting hammered – it’s a rubbish
tax
and there they go back out to sea off to
get another belly full of fish to their
chick and to think that you know such a
clumsy bird on land can then dive to 300
meters a thousand feet is pretty
it’s fight is just unbelievable in 1925
just 1100 king penguins for counted here
and now there are over 400,000 this is
what happens when environmental
conditions are right and you protect a
place and if this isn’t justification
for looking after wild places then I do not know what is
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