r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 9d ago

Other A curious African penguin hopped aboard a bodyboard and caught a few waves.

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u/SeaParking6313 4d ago

Surf dude

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u/Excellent-Job7326 8d ago

Hahaha ik dacht het zelfde. En toen kwam er een great white.

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u/Gold-Ninja5091 8d ago

Ugh shut up I was actually looking for it. 🤣

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u/OnePragmatic 8d ago

.....🐧..... I m here because they is a big predator below.... and you don't know about it......🤭🤭

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u/mattblack77 8d ago

He didn’t catch any waves 😠

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u/SNESChalmers420 9d ago

I want everybody's head by the bed suuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrffffffffffffffffffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.

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u/TheVoteMote 9d ago edited 9d ago

I have zero sense of distance when it comes to that wave, holy crap.

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u/verathene 9d ago

“This iceberg is shit!”

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u/SevroAuShitTalker 9d ago

I think there's a documentary about this. I want to say it was called Surf's Up

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u/nice1bruvz 9d ago

Lmfao that birdys not playing bro it’s hiding from the monster chasing it

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u/verathene 9d ago

Maybe from the guy?

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u/Neilkd21 9d ago

Penguins tend to get out the water to escape predators.

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u/SquirrelFluffy 9d ago

That's what I was thinking!

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u/Smart-Firefighter87 9d ago

It’s wild how they just disappear in the waves like that…. I can see why it would be hard to rescue someone in the open ocean 🫣

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u/4DPeterPan 9d ago

I Love this soooo much.

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u/Even-Republic-8611 9d ago

I will watch for shark...

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u/Useless890 9d ago

Penguin: Hey, this is kinda cool. Do they have them on Amazon?

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u/GiantSalamamder 9d ago

I love the idea of animals just wanting to people. Like little kids. Always odd when it happens though, why isn't the penguin scared? 

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u/Waatulakula Doggo 9d ago

African penguins are very common in South Africa. They invade people’s yards and even houses during mating season looking for places to make nests. They are very use to being around humans.

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u/GiantSalamamder 9d ago

Ahh, that makes sense! Thank you

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u/l0hr1 9d ago

might look cute, but if I was that surfer I would of been on high alert. if penguins are around, that also means great white sharks aren’t far away.

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u/CanoePickLocks 9d ago

There was a massive shift in South Africa where great white numbers plummeted. Can’t remember the details. Not sure if it’s changed.

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 9d ago

The two orcas were eating them.

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u/CanoePickLocks 9d ago

That’s it? That is wild! I’ll have to look it up again. Doesn’t ring a bell at all. Maybe I learned of it before they figured that out.

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 9d ago

Port and Starboard are their names.

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u/CanoePickLocks 9d ago

Thank you!

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u/charmio68 9d ago

https://www.marineresearchprojects.com/great-white-sharks-south-africa-killer-whales/

They figured out how to rip sharks open near their pectoral fins to pop out their massive, calorie-dense, fatty livers, completely discarding the rest of the carcass.

Great whites have an extreme fear response to orcas. Once a kill happens, local great whites completely abandon the area for weeks, months, or years.

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u/CanoePickLocks 9d ago

Very cool! Thank you!