Big Pic: This Penguin Selfie Is Charming And Terrifying

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 15:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Penguin Selfie G Adventures Between this penguin and this eagle, it has been a good week for incidental animal selfies. Travel company G Adventures set up a GoPro camera on a visit to Antarctica, when a penguin apparently decided to examine the equipment more closely.  Yes, yes. Cute. But did you know, as I just learned, that penguins have spiny tongues for trapping wiggly fish and devouring them? That is evil, penguins, and makes this photo 80 percent more diabolical.    [G Adventures via Colossal]

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