# Penguin video - real or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguin-video-real-or-not/231330>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 26, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguin-video-real-or-not/231330 "2004-02-26T19:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguin-video-real-or-not/231330/1 "2004-02-26T19:49:10Z")

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It makes the email rounds every six months or so: Penguin A walking across the ice past penguin B, penguin B surreptitiously flips it’s wing out and pushes penguin A on the back into a hole in the ice. I’m sure it’s faked, just can’t find any proof. Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguin-video-real-or-not/231330/2 "2004-02-26T20:21:52Z")

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I don’t know, but after hearing it might be fake, I watched it again numerous times carefully. If you watch the Penguin that slaps the other, you’ll notice that he doesn’t move at all, except for his wing. Now I was watching a really tiny animated gif, so perhaps the fullsized avi shows some motion, but from what I saw, the Penguin looks super-imposed.

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguin-video-real-or-not/231330/3 "2004-02-26T20:29:57Z")

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There are varieties, all faked. A penguin really is caught falling into the ice, but variations have him pushed or tripped by a superimposed penguin. The bad penguin looks obviously faked.

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguin-video-real-or-not/231330/4 "2004-02-26T20:32:15Z")

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Since you saw the push, look at this trip and it should settle it.

See penguin video link

[http://www.funny.co.uk/keywords/penguin-video.html](http://www.funny.co.uk/keywords/penguin-video.html)