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The Challenges of Raising Penguin Chicks | 20 Years of Planet Earth | BBC Earth

These penguin parents exert extraordinary effort in raising their young amid the extreme and harsh conditions of the Antarctic. Celebrate 20 years of Planet Earth. Head over to the webpage to find out more: https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/planet-earth #PlanetEarth #DavidAttenborough #PE20 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Sign up to our newsletter for the latest news, updates and exclusives from BBC Earth https://www.bbcearth.com/newsletter Watch more: Best of BBC Earth 🌍 https://bit.ly/BestOfBBCEarth Best Animal Fights 🥊 https://bit.ly/BestAnimalFights Videos over 10 minutes ⏰ https://bit.ly/3SHJCEJ Planet Earth III 🌍 https://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIIPlaylist Frozen Planet II ❄️ https:/bit.ly/FrozenPlanetIIPlaylist Blue Planet II in 4K 🌊 https://bit.ly/BluePlanetII4kPlaylist Welcome to BBC EARTH! The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you'll find 50 years worth of entertaining and thought-provoking natural history content. Dramatic, rare, and exclusive, nature doesn't get more exciting than this. This is a commercial page from BBC Studios. Service information and feedback: http://bbcworldwide.com/vod-feedback--contact-details.aspx

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trinidad_apodaca 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Hey BBC Earth channel, upload more videos of Tigers, Elephants, Lions, and Crocodiles, those are good and I like them.

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harryjames211 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Vigyázz a gyermekre,míg én a tengeren vagyok! Ígérem jövök haza!!❤🐧❤

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luz_mireles 2 months ago

Penguin parents are some of the most dedicated caregivers in the animal kingdom! Did you know Emperor penguins can endure fasting for up to 2 months while incubating their eggs in freezing temperatures? It makes you wonder—could such extreme parental sacrifice exist in other species, or is this a unique adaptation to the Antarctic climate?

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sergioserna599 2 months ago

That chick running away from desparete moms. And we think human life is hard!

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daniel_wali 2 months ago

Great video! Really enjoyed it.

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sierrahayes217 2 months ago

The way they battle the winter was extraordinary...

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georgesnight77 2 months ago

Truly impressive… the way penguins coordinate to keep their chicks warm feels like a “collective survival system.

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jenniferfoley328 2 months ago

🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧

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amanda.matthews 2 months ago

For the nature, by the nature.. every thing

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erick_pimenta 2 months ago

Where are most of the comments?

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andrew_martin 2 months ago

I suggest watching the full show. It's worth the watch. 🧡

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jonathan.hill 2 months ago

I love them.☝️🐧

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sarah.zuniga 2 months ago

Hm...I wonder what they taste like?

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sierrahayes217 2 months ago

I wish I could have them as pets. But it’s not legal.

monica.proctor
monica.proctor 2 months ago

March of the Penguins. Great movie.

angela.patterson
angela.patterson 2 months ago

Oh no darlings

keith.mitchell
keith.mitchell 2 months ago

LISTEN! Masks cause horrendous pollution that hurts our environment very much. Google :Disposable face masks used during Covid have left chemical timebomb.

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luz_mireles 2 months ago

I never realized how harsh the environment is for penguin chicks every step feels like survival from day one. It really makes me respect how much effort the parents put in. Do you think most chicks actually make it to adulthood?

nicholas_marsh
nicholas_marsh 2 months ago

The teamwork between penguin parents is honestly incredible. They don’t panic, they adapt. That calm instinct is something many species, including us, often lack. Do you think this is instinct or learned behavior?

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naksh_chaudhry 2 months ago

I never realized how fragile penguin chicks are until now. One small mistake and everything could be over. Nature is beautiful, but also brutally unforgiving. What moment shocked you the most?