Courageous penguins part of new Nat Geo wildlife series, premiering on eve of Earth Day

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Courageous penguins part of new Nat Geo wildlife series, premiering on eve of Earth Day  The challenges and lives of penguins around the world are brought to life in “Secrets of the Penguins,’’ hosted by National Geographic explorer and filmmaker Bertie Gregory and premiering on the eve of this year's Earth Day.  The three part series took over two years to film and saw the team capture penguins, of which there are 18 different kinds, in places ranging from Cape Town to the Galápagos Islands to Antarctica.  Executive Produced by Oscar winning director and National Geographic explorer James Cameron, “Secrets of the Penguins’’ premieres on 21st April on Disney+ while all three episodes air on international Earth Day, April 22 on Nat Geo Wild.  REUTERS / DISNEY+/ NAT GEO WILD VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #penguin  #earthday

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00:00It's so interesting.

00:06This penguin is spending so much of her time swimming along looking around above her head.

00:16She's totally watching the pelicans.

00:21I think people should watch because I have filmed penguins a lot before myself.

00:35I thought I knew penguins.

00:37I was so wrong.

00:38And every time we went out to film, we discovered literally new penguin secrets.

00:44And yeah, I'm excited to see people's minds blown like ours were in the field.

00:51Oh, penguin's going for it.

01:02No way.

01:04Stealing fish right out the beak of the pelican.

01:14And this was the plan, to film them jumping in the sea for the first time.

01:19But normally they do that jumping off of the sea ice, which is one or two foot high.

01:24But we followed a group of chicks that took a wrong turn on their way to the sea.

01:28And they found themselves at the top of a 50 foot ice cliff.

01:32And this has never been filmed before.

01:34So we didn't know if they could survive a fall from such a height.

01:37Yeah, the first one stepped up to the plate and went, yeah, I can do this and just, and just sailed off the cliff.

01:49And, um, yeah, as I said, they have friendships.

01:52So as soon as the first one went, the rest were like, oh, yeah, yeah.

01:55Barry did it.

01:56We, you know, we could, we could do it.

01:57And they all started to jump.

01:58It was an amazing moment to witness.

02:00This is getting dangerous for us now.

02:15Good luck, little penguins.

02:45Oh, I really hope that little chick's okay.

02:58But yeah, in terms of the challenges, I mean, in, in Antarctica, emperor penguins, you know, they're the only animal in the world to raise their young during the Antarctic winter.

03:08It is the coldest, darkest, windiest place on earth, but that's not only where they choose to live, but where they choose to have their, their young.

03:16Um, and so filming that story is all about, you know, you, you need to be, uh, you know, as tough as a penguin.

03:22Um, and so, uh, yeah, that was a challenge being, being warm enough.

03:35Poor little thing.

03:38That is heartbreaking.

03:53Looking at the size, this one does look a little bigger than that really small one.

03:59Must have just been stuck out here alone.

04:02Um, they're in trouble because of us, um, and that's not just a problem for penguins.

04:11They are kind of flagship species.

04:13They're talismans of whole wild places.

04:15They're an indicator of, of healthy or unhealthy wild places if they're not there.

04:20Um, and you know, if, if, if the natural world is unhealthy, that's a problem.

04:24You know, we should want to look after penguins, not just cause it makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside, but because we need healthy wild places for, for so many things we do.

04:33Like some songbirds, emperors can produce two sounds at once.

04:43Giving each a unique voice.

04:48They're learning each other's to show they're serious.

04:55They're learning each other's to show they're serious.

05:00But emperor couples don't just communicate with their voices.

05:12They're playing copycat.

05:20Any opportunity to, to, yeah, take something from pop culture and combine that with, with wildlife series.

05:26You know, I've been making wildlife documentaries for, for 10 years.

05:30And, uh, I think, uh, I'm very grateful of the people that continue to watch my films.

05:36And they are often, uh, you know, a lot of the same people and the audience is growing, but, but it's a lot of the same people.

05:42Um, any opportunity to increase that reach and, and, and to get people to watch stuff, uh, that they might not otherwise watch.

05:50I think any opportunity to do that is only a good thing.

05:53People often talk about the next David Attenborough, like he, he's irreplaceable.

05:57He is, he is, he is one of a kind.

05:59He will, he will never be followed.

06:01Like his contribution, not just to the natural world, but to television as we know it.

06:06Like what an extraordinary life and career.

06:09Um, yeah.

06:11It, there, there is no replacement.

06:13Uh, and I, I think people should get less obsessed with that concept and focus on, okay, what's, what's the new path?

06:20What's the different thing we can do?

06:21Cause he's, he's, he's done that and he's, he's doing it very well.

06:41Oh, thank you.

06:43Oh my God.

06:44Em?

06:45You will be beholden yourself.

06:46Oh my God.

06:47That's right.

06:51That's right.

06:53If you enjoyed it, Matthew McC Sic did enough.

06:59And, by the way, there are a lot of the pandemic already.

07:06My God.

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