Save the penguins?

[Ksandra]

So awhile back I watched a documentary on penguins. I wanted to post about it but forgot. BUT I remembered now so here it goes:

Basically glaciers in the north pole have been shifting irregularly, so there's a group of scientists who are studying to find out why they're shifting, and what impact it has on the penguin population. Bascially they want to find out if it's a huge danger to the penguins and what they could do to stop it from making them endangered.

Forgive me but I don't remember the exact details but basically the penguins have a lot of migrating they do. First to lay eggs then when their chicks hatch they go far far away to get food (takes more than a day) then bring it back to the babies.

Now here was the first incident where I was like "WTF?"

They showed how while the parents were getting food sea lions would come and eat some of them. This, though sad, I understood. Sea lions have to eat too. However, they showed how when the parents returned some penguins were left without their parents to take care of them.

They showed this one baby penguin, whose wings got frozen into the ice while waiting for his parents to come and feed him. And basically watched the baby penguin die.

Now again I could understand the parents, that's part of the circle of life, but if these scientists are trying to save the penguins, then why not save the penguins? From what it seemed like of the footage no bird or bear ate the baby, there was no real reason to not save it imo when they knew the parents weren't going to come.

Next "WTF" moment.

They showed how sometimes in the process of migrating the glaciers formed deep valleys that weren't there when the penguins arrived. And how some fell into the valleys where they thought should be ocean, and were stuck inside (because, of course they can't fly). Some of the glaciers basically rose up around their rims creating basically a huge bowl of ice that they couldn't get out of.

They showed all the penguins some trapped in small little valleys (one tiny one had about 10 penguins flapping around like mad trying to find their way out). And of course in the end they had video footage of 30 + penguins dead everywhere, was like a warzone.

So basically I'm just wondering if I'm being to "animalistic" or something. But to me when you get a grant to try and "save" a group of animals, then you should actually try to save them.

Was wondering what other people's takes are on this. Should they strictly stick to saving them the natural way of somehow changing the glaciers after possible years of research? Or if during their study they should be trying to help them anyway they can while they study?

phew that was a lot of typing -.-;

[Charla]

Basically glaciers in the north pole have been shifting irregularly...

Not to be picky or anything, but you might mean the south pole there. Or else it has something to do with sea levels.

As for the rest of the post, they aren't trying to be the SPCA here, they're trying to save all the penguins and not just the ones that die while they're nearby. Remember that the scientists have to go home soon, and the best way to make a difference after that is to show the rest of us those videos of baby penguins freezing. Because we're animalistic like that.

[Saphirea]

Pittsburgh said today they aren't leaving the city. I'm happy with Lemuiex at the helm they're actually getting things done. So yes, they've been saved. I'm just hoping this new place has the same "aura" as the Igloo.

[finale23]

sorry to rain on your parade, penguins inhabit around the south pole, so basically the impact of shifting icebergs at the north pole will be minimal.

[arlania]

Penguins are birds in suits. What the hell kind of question is this? Hell yes you save the penguins! D:

[Avé]

Hell yes you save the penguins! D:

When I was younger, it was my dream to own a penguin and let him live in my swimming pool.

[arlania]

I would like a penguin butler. I would name him Captain Squawks and he would have a commodore hat and a monocle p_o.

[Xavier]

Wasn't there a movie called March of the Penguins or something? Can't they all just march on to a safer place to save us the trouble of worrying about it?

[Boyiee]

sorry to rain on your parade, penguins inhabit around the south pole, so basically the impact of shifting icebergs at the north pole will be minimal.

So she made a mistake and possibly meant south pole?

also penguins don't only inhabit the south pole, they are also found in some warmer areas, south of the north pole nonetheless but still not south pole.

[Zalius]

zalius loves penguins, save the penguins

[Xavier]

Are people really arguing that Global Warming won't eventually affect everyone, regardless of where the penguins live?

Sorry to rain on the parade.

[BRP]

I voted other, but I'm not going to explain why.

[Huggo]

I voted other, but I'm not going to explain why.

Seconded. Ppl will just throw a fit if I speak my mind. haha.

[yayaok]

about the baby penguin frozen in ice thing, if the scientists or whatever were just acting as observers to gather information on how they can react to this situation... imo they shouldn't have saved the babypenguin.

now dont get me wrong, i fucking love penguins, to the point where i read mr poppers penguins like 20 times in 1 week just cause its so amazing to have pet penguins in your freezer... but they were doing that type of nature-law-observer-detector-thingy right? if they saved that baby penguin, itd be a human taking that course of action, and that itself could change the data they gather in the future. im not sure if i worded this shit right or not

either way, yea... that'd be some sad shit to watch

[Huggo]

Sadly that kinda stuff happens all the time. A mommy and daddy penguin get eaten by a whale or something. No one's left to take care of the baby so the baby dies. It's pretty normal. And besides, if the scientist had saved the penguin baby who was frozen to the ground, it would have just died some other way the next day.

[Maguspk]

It's a fucking bird. Go out and bitch about the starving kids all over the world who have no parents and are slowing dieing as we speak.

Voted No Way.

[SephYuyX]

What do penguins even do for us? Theyre just stuck on an icey pole for their life and swim and eat fish.

I say kill them and their meat as jerkey and make shoes out of their skin.

[finale23]

sorry to rain on your parade, penguins inhabit around the south pole, so basically the impact of shifting icebergs at the north pole will be minimal.

So she made a mistake and possibly meant south pole?

also penguins don't only inhabit the south pole, they are also found in some warmer areas, south of the north pole nonetheless but still not south pole.

i was in jest, thanks for sweating over nothing.

i am not sure what you mean by "south of the north pole", that's practically everywhere else outside the exact point of north pole, china, russia, US, iran, all south of north pole. you may as well say penguins live on earth.

they inhabit no where near north pole, "All 17 species of penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere." more read here, http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/inf ... bution.htm

[SephYuyX]

Just saw this guys sig
Seal/Penguin, same difference.
http://i12.tinypic.com/42jhxs8.jpg

[Boyiee]

sorry to rain on your parade, penguins inhabit around the south pole, so basically the impact of shifting icebergs at the north pole will be minimal.

So she made a mistake and possibly meant south pole?

also penguins don't only inhabit the south pole, they are also found in some warmer areas, south of the north pole nonetheless but still not south pole.

i was in jest, thanks for sweating over nothing.

i am not sure what you mean by "south of the north pole", that's practically everywhere else outside the exact point of north pole, china, russia, US, iran, all south of north pole. you may as well say penguins live on earth.

they inhabit no where near north pole, "All 17 species of penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere." more read here, http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/inf ... bution.htm

when you and others start off by saying "sorry to rain on your parade" it doesn't seem like you are really 'in jest'. I said south of the north pole to be as vague as I could, because they are all over the place; yeah in the southern hemisphere for the most part but still not in the "around the south pole" because infact some of those places are pretty far from it.