March of the Penguins

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-23-2007, 01:05 AM

The movie just played on the Discovery Channel. A scene at the very end of the flick gives me pause to ask, as the chicks were swimming for the first time:

What's the technical, knowledgeable term for a plurality of penguins? Do they flock upon the water, or are they in pods like whales? They herd together very sociably -- are these a herd of birds?

Is the French commercial for the film on YouTube? It relies on two points: the French title was La Marche de L'Empereur, as in Emperor penguins -- and that in la belle France there was but one... Emperor.

Yep... it looks exactly like you think... and until you've seen it you haven't lived.

La Marche de l'Empereur

ZenGum · 11-23-2007, 01:21 AM

As for the collective noun, this site suggests:

Quote:

colony of penguins
crèche of penguins
huddle of penguins
parcel of penguins
rookery of penguins

But these are really boring and I am sure we can do better.

A tuxedo of penguins (on land).
A torpedo of penguins (submerged).
A trajectory of penguins (a big line jumping from sea to shore)

Aliantha · 11-23-2007, 02:12 AM

And the ones in school should be a trigonomatory of penguins

DanaC · 11-23-2007, 04:37 AM

Oh wow, that's a cool ad.

Sundae · 11-23-2007, 05:05 AM

Superbe

Cloud · 11-23-2007, 09:04 AM

LOL! The expressions on their faces when sex was mentioned!

BTW, a beautiful movie but once was enough!

Madman · 11-23-2007, 12:50 PM

Penguins stand on their own urine and feces. I hope they stay in Antarctica - forever.

deadbeater · 11-23-2007, 07:15 PM

So do buzzards.

JuancoRocks · 11-25-2007, 01:40 AM

Re: Buzzards....
If you eat it once, you can eat it twice.....
Might a swell stand close to (on) the food.

ZenGum · 11-25-2007, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madman

Penguins stand on their own urine and feces. I hope they stay in Antarctica - forever.

Penguin eats its own feces.

I don't eat penguin either.

But do you consider penguin to be a filthy animal?

Well, they're definitely dirty. But penguins got a lot of personality. Personality goes a long way.

So, by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, it wouldn't be a filthy animal...

Aliantha · 11-25-2007, 05:14 AM

Penguines don't only live in antartctica.

We even have some in Australia.

Sundae · 11-25-2007, 06:23 AM

And in the Falkland Islands - I used to have an email friend there who would send me pics of penguins just going down the road.

They are a Southern Hemisphere animal however, as the Polar bear (more correctly Arctic bear) is a Northern Hemisphere animal. I was quite irritated when my friend's husband went off to do some work for one of the Arctic stations and people sent him goodbye/ good luck cards with penguins on. Tcha!

ZenGum · 11-25-2007, 07:04 AM

Well, now that we've given it away, its a good general knowledge/ lateral thinking question to ask people ... why don't polar bears eat penguins?
Amazing how many don't get it.

Sundae · 11-25-2007, 08:55 AM

Ah well, one of my favourite books is The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard who was on Scott's fatal trip to the Antarctic, so I have never had a problem remembering which is which.

The book title doesn't refer to the final journey (obviously as all five participants died) but the side-trip he made with Wilson and Bowers to the hatchery of the Emperor penguins, called The Winter Journey in books about Scott. They were man-hauling sledges in the very dead of Antarctic winter with inadequate clothing, inadequate provisions and at one point having their tent blown away in a storm. It's amazing.

I haven't seen the film for that reason, if it makes any sense.

Final few lines in the book:
". . . And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.... If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg."

11-23-2007, 01:05 AM	#1
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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	And the ones in school should be a trigonomatory of penguins __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Superbe __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	LOL! The expressions on their faces when sex was mentioned! BTW, a beautiful movie but once was enough! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 11-23-2007 at 09:36 AM.

11-25-2007, 01:40 AM	#9
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	Re: Buzzards.... If you eat it once, you can eat it twice..... Might a swell stand close to (on) the food. __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

11-23-2007, 04:37 AM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh wow, that's a cool ad.

11-23-2007, 12:50 PM	#7
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	Penguins stand on their own urine and feces. I hope they stay in Antarctica - forever.

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deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	So do buzzards.

11-25-2007, 05:14 AM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Penguines don't only live in antartctica. We even have some in Australia. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-25-2007, 06:23 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	And in the Falkland Islands - I used to have an email friend there who would send me pics of penguins just going down the road. They are a Southern Hemisphere animal however, as the Polar bear (more correctly Arctic bear) is a Northern Hemisphere animal. I was quite irritated when my friend's husband went off to do some work for one of the Arctic stations and people sent him goodbye/ good luck cards with penguins on. Tcha! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-25-2007, 07:04 AM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, now that we've given it away, its a good general knowledge/ lateral thinking question to ask people ... why don't polar bears eat penguins? Amazing how many don't get it. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-25-2007, 08:55 AM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ah well, one of my favourite books is The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard who was on Scott's fatal trip to the Antarctic, so I have never had a problem remembering which is which. The book title doesn't refer to the final journey (obviously as all five participants died) but the side-trip he made with Wilson and Bowers to the hatchery of the Emperor penguins, called The Winter Journey in books about Scott. They were man-hauling sledges in the very dead of Antarctic winter with inadequate clothing, inadequate provisions and at one point having their tent blown away in a storm. It's amazing. I haven't seen the film for that reason, if it makes any sense. Final few lines in the book: ". . . And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.... If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg." __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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