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Jumping in is the easy part. How do they get back up on land?

• RichardCA 3y ago
  They are capable of fast swimming, enough to gain momentum so they can pop back up onto land or an ice floe. https://youtu.be/_OHDYS8qTzQ?t=935s https://youtu.be/_OHDYS8qTzQ?t=935s
  • christophilus 3y ago
    Yeah, but that cliff was around 40ft, according to the narrator. They aren’t swimming fast enough to hop back up that.
    • dredmorbius 3y ago
      Clearly, they beach elsewhere. Penguins migrate 100s to 1,000s of km, and can swim great distances. They need not beach near their entry point, and are in the water to feed. That said, where these penguin fledglings beach would be interesting to see. <https://animalatlantes.com/how-do-penguins-migrate/ https://animalatlantes.com/how-do-penguins-migrate/>
    • OJFord 3y ago
      Clearly I've spent too much time on Reddit, I just assumed they were joking and had reversed the video...