i’ve been boomed
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The above video is footage from Werner Herzog’s Antarctic documentary Encounters At The End of the World, where a lone and depressed penguin deserts its colony and begins a doomed trek towards the mountains dozens of kilometers away.
Such a move is completely irrational in a survival sense, as the penguin is heading away from water (meaning no food) alone into the barren wastelands (meaning no protection against predators and nobody to huddle up to prevent freezing).
Through careful analysis of the YouTube comment section, which seems surprisingly serious and sophisticated this time, I have collected a list of theories attempting to explain why this penguin decided to do something so drastic and suicidal.
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This behavior is not uncommon amongst other social creatures (such as dogs and wolves). Elderly animals tend to desert the group in a similar fashion when they’re about to die, and perish somewhere alone. The smell of a nearby dead corpse will inevitably attract unwanted critters and serve as a breeding ground for disease. However, penguins don’t really do this at all; they’re still birds, and the examples described here are mammals.
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Others speculate that this singular penguin has undergone a seemingly supernatural, revolutionary, and philosophical enlightenment, thus stimulating it to waddle its way slowly into the oblivion. The act is reminiscent of legendary Chinese philosopher Laozi, who laid the groundwork for Daosim, a way of life that prioritizes living in harmony with nature. Laozi would often be found out in the wilderness, far away from bustling cities (Laozi himself disappeared after leaving China for the West on a lone journey, mirroring the video of the penguin here). However, it is unknown whether or not this penguin was aware of it at all.
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Another possible philosophical answer is that the penguin was simply tired of its repetitive way of life: go to the sea, eat, come back, try to survive the cold, rinse and repeat. The general thought is that it has gone through a sort of existential crisis that made it wonder why it was living out the years of such a boring and monotonous lifestyle, only to simply pass away in due time. The way the penguin takes a final glance back towards the colony (and the filmmakers) shows that it possibly hoped that at least one other fellow penguin had the intellect to realize the endless circle of repetition they were trapped within. With no other comrade in sight, this one penguin decides to set off alone to do itself a favor and end it all.
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It’s probably just really stupid because seriously if you see a penguin with such high cognitive abilities you’d be scared.
The only answer I have to these few theories is this quote from a user in the comment section:
“As obvious as it sounds, the scariest part is that we do not know why.”
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90% of this is worthless despite being largely correct, i just entered it wrong (apparently). not hard but time-consuming. fuck you aleks i’m going to sleep
Trim your fingernails.
what the actual fuck is that