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Moment Of Um

Do penguins sit down?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Did you know there are 18 species of penguin in the world? Each species has its own differences and quirks, but one thing all penguins have in common is that it can be tricky to tell if they’re standing up or sitting down. One curious listener wondered if they even sit down at all. We asked Dr. Michelle LaRue from the University of Canterbury to help us find the answer. Got a question that’s knocked you off your feet? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll stand up and find the answer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.

0:14.7

Moment of Um comes to you from EPM Studios.

0:17.7

I'm Nico Gonzalez Whistler and I am thrilled to be hosting this year's

0:22.3

flippies, the most glamorous award show for Penguins.

0:30.1

Gosh, you all look fantastic in your tuxedos. And what beautiful pangrins I see in the crowd.

0:40.3

The main community has made some brilliant contributions to the world this year, and I am

0:46.3

Flippering out that I was asked to host.

0:50.3

Now, if you all just take your seats, I've got some jokes to break the ice.

0:56.7

Uh, sorry, if you could just take your seats, please, penguins.

1:02.6

Are the penguins sitting down?

1:05.5

It's so hard to tell.

1:07.0

I wonder if listener Gigi ever got the answer

1:10.8

to this question.

1:12.5

Hi, my name is Gigi from

1:14.6

West Berlin, Vermont.

1:16.6

And my question is, can penguins

1:18.9

sit down? Penguins

1:20.8

do sit down. It kind of is like, we'll sit

1:22.8

or lay down, so it kind of depends

1:24.7

because their knees are like a lot farther

1:26.9

up in their body, so you don't really see them. So oftentimes kind of depends because their knees are like a lot farther up in their body,

1:28.1

so you don't really see them. So oftentimes when I see penguins like either sitting,

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