African Penguin goes bodyboarding!
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A once in a lifetime penguin encounter we recently had during a bodyboarding trip we held in Witsands, Cape Town. This was a surf session to remember!
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We're fortunate to share our waters with African penguins, but recent population studies indicate a dire future: they could vanish from the wild by 2035 without enhanced conservation efforts. Preserving these magnificent birds for future generations hinges on bolstering protection measures, particularly for their crucial food sources like sardines and anchovies. Let's work together to ensure we can still enjoy surfing alongside these incredible creatures.
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Happened here in Namibia as well couple years ago. Penguin came cruising into the lineup and climbed onto the boards and the bodyboarders back. So cool to experience.
Thankfully he was not using you to get away from a shark 😂
@brettm.s.1169
Ай бұрын
Or was he …?
@a1uffy
29 күн бұрын
@@brettm.s.1169 let's think nature is all butterflies and rainbows for once 🤣 I mean idk if you'd catch me surfing in south africa. Gnarly stories come from out there... I mean woo man..
First time I liked a body boarding video.
@Deontjie
25 күн бұрын
Maybe the penguin though they were speed bumbs.
@_Jake.From.Statefarm_
23 күн бұрын
@@Deontjie Nah they don't seem like dickheads.
Cowabunga! Surfing penguins huh? Somebody should make a feature length animated film on this concept.
Ow Cody Maverick 🐧😂😂
That’s so sick!! What an experience…
Made my day! Thanks!!
Absolute gold❤️
Great footage, never seen anything like that before! I remember years ago before Boulders penguin area was closed to humans they'd just come wandering through the people, over your towel :-) No one bothered them, they didn't bother anyone ... amazing little critters!
Awesome!
Using you for a decoy…to distract the White Shark cruising below you!
Epic!!
So Disney's Surf's Up (2007) got it all wrong. I knew it!
Incredible🙏🏻🇿🇦
They are incredibly inquisitive on land and when semi out of their element so I guess not too surprising an interaction when in their own element . It's a sub adult /juvenile so probably confused and even lost . Almost certainly hatched and born down the coast at Boulders so it would know people well and almost taken comfort with the surfers in the big wild ocean. Hope he or she made it .. sadly they have a huge mortality rate in their first year and once they leave Boulders on their maiden swim. Juveniles might not return for a year or more , to compound matters they are usually shunned by the adult flocks/rafts when out hunting at sea.
Cody Maverick hanging with the locals
That is the cutest story 😍🐧
Awesome thank you for this share … WELIVE IN THE BEST PLACE
Great Video and Experience!!
Same thing happened to me at misty cliffs / witsands area a few weeks ago. Jordy with actually tried to paddle it in with me. We Thought the penguin was weak from hunger .it seemed a bit pap .but maybe, hopefully you are right and just friendly 🙂
The best video this week 😂 how amazing
So this is how they got inspired to make the animated movie Surfs Up 😂🐧🏄♂ 4:12 Little dude wanted to catch a wave!
Epic! hahah
The movie "Surf's Up" get a huge a mistake, Penguin prefer Bodyboarding 🤣🤣🤙🤙🤙
Amazing! So happy it was filmed haha.
Very cool what a character, I live in South Aus, seen dolphins and seals in the surf but never a penguin. Ha
What an AWESOME experience 🐧🐧
Awesome encounter ❤🐧
@Minimumholloway
27 күн бұрын
Id like to encounter you ❤
Wow, this is amazing!
AWESOME 👍
That's awesome 😊
The penguin was a paid actor, but it’s fine- I’m convinced. I’ll be there next week 😭😂
Never leave your wingman!
Really cool but something must’ve been scaring the crap out of them to make them overcome their fear of you
@18booma
22 күн бұрын
Not necessarily. Capetonians treat penguins pretty well, so they don't develop a particular fear of us. Judging by how confident he is, this little guy probably already interacted with the kind people from SANCCOB or other chill people.
❤
Cambridge declaration on animal consciousness 🤙🤙🤙
🤙🏽 from NE Florida
Hot Chow!
What the water temp like in South Africa?
Coolest thing ever, wow!
No ways this is insane!
It's Cody Maverick for real!!
So do they swim all the way from Antarctica?
@18booma
22 күн бұрын
No, these are African penguins. They live here.
Probably habituated at a penguin sanctuary
Probably hiding from nom nom
You have to have a death wish to bodyboard in South Africa
Loved the penguin. Want more penguin less man!
Cody Maverick from Shiverpool