Who knew a simple piece of rope could cause such consternation? Penguins, that’s who.
Last fall, a YouTube user named Smekh Eto Khorosho uploaded a video of penguins struggling to overcome rope tied to rubber rafts. (I believe the video was taken a few years back in the Antarctica.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXCC9o1zuw
Earlier today, the video started to go viral on Japan’s biggest web forum 2ch.
Want to see more penguins battling ropes? Well, here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A85WpaTHNlw
There’s a video game in this somewhere. I can feel it.
「クソッ 俺たちの天敵 ロープだ･･･」 ペンギン [2ch]
Пингвины и неведомая фигня [Смех это хорошо]
Penguins VS the Rope [Johnnygalactic]
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