Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
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From the makers of Earthflight and Polar Bear Spy on the Ice, the spycameras
are back with this latest BBC series.
This time they travel to Antarctica and the southern oceans, where they focus on
the most charismatic and popular bird on Earth the penguin. Spycameras cleverly
disguised as life size penguins infiltrate the colonies to capture their
emotional and often amusing lives. The emperor penguin has the most incredible
life story of any bird. Just as Polar Bear Spy on the Ice changed the way we
look at an iconic subject, the spycameras give the emperor penguin s amazing
story a fresh perspective. The Humboldt penguin lives in the hot desert regions
of South America and its problems have more to do with heat than cold. The
rockhopper is one of the more comical penguins nesting on cliffs in the
Falklands islands, braving incredibly rough oceans to reach the shore. The
trials and tribulations of these other penguins crosscut the narrative of the
emperor penguin, highlighting the differences at the same stage in their lives.
When the emperors huddle together to protect themselves against minus 60degree
temperatures, Humboldt penguins are tolerating plus 40degrees in the driest
desert on Earth! While emperors are negotiating huge snowdrifts, rockhoppers are
trying to jump up vertical cliffs. 50 different spycams reveal the secret lives
of nature's most devoted parents.