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werner herzog,penguins,documentary,antarctica,death,insane Deranged Penguin Heads Toward Certain Death

Deranged Penguin Heads Toward Certain Death

posted by plastiquemonkey 9 months ago • 4553 views
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"Is there such thing as insanity among penguins?..."

from Werner Herzog's Antarctica documentary 'Encounters at the End of the World', nominated for an Academy Award.

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He must have been banished by the colony for hitting on the king peguin's girl!


written by Sagemind  | 9 months ago | CH
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I guess he's got that Columbus spirit. Too bad nobody followed him to start a new colony...


written by ajkido  | 9 months ago | CH
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forget the rules - i'd pick up that gorgeous little bugger and take him home. i've had the mini butler outfit prepared for years now.


written by deputydog  | 9 months ago | CH
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i want to know why, jokes aside, why?


written by andybesy  | 9 months ago | CH
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written by Ryjkyj  | 9 months ago | CH
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Because nature is a son of a bitch.


written by gwiz665  | 9 months ago | CH
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Could be a brain tumor or something... or perhaps a gene mutation.


There is a pond in front of the place I work where there are usually lots of geese. There was one in particular that appeared to have a large tumor on its head and acted very oddly. It would go up to cars in the parking lot and "talk" to it's reflection in the bumper. Perhaps it was trying to mate... who knows.

Other geese wouldn't go near it, possibly due to its unsocial behavior. I think it eventually got hit by a car or something. Sometimes animals do strange things... they have medical and psychological problems just like people do.


written by Psychologic  | 9 months ago | CH
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And what are humans doing in Antarctica, thousands of kilometers from their own habitat?

Though they have brought some supplies with them, these will be eventually exhausted. Given long enough in such a harsh climate, the humans can only last so long. Alas, all we can do for these disoriented or deranged humans heading towards certain death, is play sad choral and violin music. The poor creatures.


written by notarobot  | 9 months ago | CH
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Run Forrest, Run!


written by campionidelmondo  | 9 months ago | CH
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He's Shoggoth food, now!


written by NicoleBee  | 9 months ago | CH
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Tells you a lot about our various cultures:
- When an American thinks of a penguin, he imagines a tap-dancing baby penguin.
- When a Frenchman thinks of a penguin, he imagines lots of penguins making baby penguins.
- When a German thinks of a penguin, he ponders about certain death.


written by grubert  | 9 months ago | CH
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Maybe he's off to write the great antartician novel?


written by ElJardinero  | 9 months ago | CH
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Most obscure thing I've seen in a long time...


written by justathinker  | 9 months ago | CH
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I hear the call of cowthulu!
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>> ^NicoleBee:
He's Shoggoth food, now!



written by gwiz665  | 9 months ago | CH
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Or maybe he was instabanned for selflinking that silly video of himself ...

>> ^Sagemind:
He must have been banished by the colony for hitting on the king peguin's girl!



written by maatc  | 9 months ago | CH
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Dude. Why all the negativity? He's the Magellan of penguins.


written by ponceleon  | 9 months ago | CH
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He wants to climb to the highest mountain peak he can find, throw himself out, and soar like an albatross!


written by Ornthoron  | 9 months ago | CH
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I guess if you bugger a penguin long enough....


written by 8266  | 9 months ago | CH
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If I was an alien from a civilization vastly superior to ours, this is how I would view our current behavior. Then I'd put it up on intergalactic VideoSift for some sweet siftage.


written by Rugil  | 9 months ago | CH
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He's doing this for the same reason why people will smell something after someone comes up to them and says, "this smells like shit, smell it".

We will never know.


written by dw1117  | 9 months ago | CH
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Jesus told him to go to the mountains because the great flood was coming.. and the fish would come TO HIM. There he would see a flaming bush (nevermind there are no such bushes in the antarctic... but who ever let facts get in the way of faith).


written by honkeytonk73  | 9 months ago | CH
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"THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR MOUNTAINS!!! YEEEEHAWW!"


written by rottenseed  | 9 months ago | CH
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No doubt it's due to global warming. Just ask these guys.
http://www.videosift.com/video/It-s-Fucking-Global-Warming


written by eric3579  | 9 months ago | CH
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images (plus) editing (plus) narration (plus) herzog = lies
...
herzog = genious


written by 13757  | 9 months ago | CH
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And at that moment, Steve Balmer jumped up and exclaimed, "See, we told you Linux was going in the wrong direction!"


written by StukaFox  | 9 months ago | CH
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Watching this made me sad. I'll be in the happy channel if somebody needs me.


written by mefa  | 9 months ago | CH
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This guy does some weird docos. He did Grizzley Man, right?

I know Little Penguins get heatstroke and wander about in the sun when it gets too hot. They also can't cope with fire - the poor things try to preen the fire off their feathers if they get caught in a bushfire.


written by kymbos  | 9 months ago | CH
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OH FOR HEAVENS SAKE! He's just trying to find SOMEWHERE on that god-forsaken continent where he can take a piss without being filmed...


written by Payback  | 9 months ago | CH
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Thats so sad


written by GreatBird  | 9 months ago | CH
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>> ^Psychologic:
Could be a brain tumor or something... or perhaps a gene mutation.




It's not a tumor!!


written by punisher  | 9 months ago | CH
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How cool would it be to get a bit tired of walking, so you flop down on your belly and scoot along like a sled for a bit.

It's obvious that with this ability he was going for the eXtreme downhill penguin belly slide, from the most treacherous peak he could find.


written by 11969  | 9 months ago | CH
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"I just felt like running."


written by southblvd  | 9 months ago | CH
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Anybody know whose music is playing in the background? It somewhat reminds me of Arvo Pärt, but I don't think it's really his style.


written by shewbox  | 9 months ago | CH
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OMG they're so *cute, even when doomed.


written by Krupo  | 9 months ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Cute) - requested by Krupo.


written by siftbot  | 9 months ago | CH
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Maybe he has higher aspirations and dreams than most penguins. Perhaps he wants to see what's beyond the mountains.


written by Fjnbk  | 9 months ago | CH
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You had me at Deranged Penguin.


written by 8891  | 9 months ago | CH
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This is very melodramatic. IS HE INSANE? Psh. That's silly. You know how penguins have a "sense of direction" that tells them which way the ocean is? Well, the poor little guys is just disoriented. Maybe his ocean-detector is broken. Maybe he has an inner ear infection. But I doubt he's "deranged."


written by thepinky  | 9 months ago | CH
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It looks like the score is original music by Henry Kaiser. It is written in the style of early vocal music from the 1500s. Palestrina wrote this kind of stuff if you are looking for more.


written by dystopianfuturetoday  | 9 months ago | CH
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Path-finding routines can be a b*tch to code sometimes.

Dismiss pet. Jump down cliff. Call pet. Problem solved.

Only a very few will get this, and none will think it funny... except for me...
I amuse myself often.


written by 12940  | 9 months ago | CH
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Damn You! Give him a herring Kipper Snack!


written by Memorare  | 9 months ago | CH
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the most wonderful thing about this clip is that herzog emphatically insists at the start of the film that he will not film anything involving penguins.

a penguin with that much determination shall not be deterred.


'even dwarfs started small' has still left scars on me.


written by rickegee  | 9 months ago | CH
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A penguin, walking the wrong way, gets this many comments...???


written by Sagemind  | 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^southblvd:
"I just felt like running."


Run Forrest, run!


written by Rugil  | 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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