{"id":197586,"date":"2021-03-08T23:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heroic-penguin-escapes-killer-whales-in-nail-biting-video\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T23:18:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:18:19","slug":"heroic-penguin-escapes-killer-whales-in-nail-biting-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heroic-penguin-escapes-killer-whales-in-nail-biting-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#Heroic penguin escapes killer whales in nail-biting video"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Heroic penguin escapes killer whales in nail-biting video<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Penguin: 1. Killer whale: 0.<\/p>\n

Matt Karsten, 40, and his wife Anna, 32, have captured harrowing footage of a gentoo penguin narrowly escaping the jaws of a few hungry killer whales in the Antarctic. <\/p>\n

The Karstens were whale watching aboard a dinghy in the Gerlache Strait, near the tip of Antarctica, when they spotted a penguin hurry by their vessel \u2014 followed by a pod of killer whales just behind. <\/p>\n

For several nail-biting minutes, tourists watched as the penguin struggled to out-swim some of the fiercest predators of the ocean, who are known to feed on the flightless birds as well as fish, seals and even sharks. <\/p>\n

But just when anxious passengers were sure the penguin was done-for, it emerges from the water in a leap toward the dinghy and eventually helped on board in a successful escape from the orca \u2014 and a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the travel<\/a>ers.<\/p>\n

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The passengers were whale watching aboard a dinghy in the Gerlache Strait when they spotted the penguin attempting to outrun the orcas.<\/figcaption>
Expert Vagabond\/Kennedy News<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gentoo
For several nail-biting minutes, they watched as the penguin tried to out-swim some of the ocean\u2019s fiercest predators.<\/figcaption>
Expert Vagabond\/Kennedy News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was crazy to see in person. It was like watching a National Geographic episode on location,\u201d Karsten, a travel writer based in Mexico\u2019s Yucatan, told Kennedy News Agency. \u201cI imagine the penguin was very relieved to get away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Antarctic travelers were touring the icebergs when they first noticed the pod of killer whales \u201cplaying in the water beside us\u201d which Karsten began to film.<\/p>\n

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Killer whales are known to all manner of sea-faring animals, including penguin and seals. <\/figcaption>
Expert Vagabond\/Kennedy News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cIt was crazy to see in person. It was like watching a National Geographic episode on location,\u201d said travel blogger Matt Karsten.<\/figcaption>
Expert Vagabond\/Kennedy News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey swam right up to the camera and said hello,\u201d he added. But their interest in his camera quickly ceased as they began chasing the gentoo penguin. <\/p>\n

\u201cBack and forth they went with the penguin swimming fast with the orcas on its trail. Eventually the poor penguin tried to jump into a nearby zodiac boat,\u201d he said, referring to the dinghy. <\/p>\n

\"Gentoo
Passengers were eventually able to reach out and help the penguin aboard. <\/figcaption>
Expert Vagabond\/Kennedy News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gentoo
The tired gentoo laid low until the coast was clear, according to passenger Matt Karsten. <\/figcaption>
Expert Vagabond\/Kennedy News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The penguin\u2019s second attempt at landing in the boat was a success, though the whales were hard-pressed to give up immedia<\/a>tely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe orcas did follow the zodiac boat for a while,\u201d said Karsten. \u201cAfter cruising for a little bit, the penguin said goodbye to the boat and hopped back into the icy water,\u201d he told Kennedy News.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#Heroic penguin escapes killer whales in nail-biting video” Penguin: 1. Killer whale: 0. Matt Karsten, 40, and his wife Anna, 32, have captured harrowing footage of a gentoo penguin narrowly escaping the jaws of a few hungry killer whales in the Antarctic. The Karstens were whale watching aboard a dinghy in the Gerlache Strait, near…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/penguin-wp-rail-thumb-nyp.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[96730,71638,70316,72410,72019],"class_list":["post-197586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3-8-21","tag-animal-rescue","tag-antarctica","tag-penguins","tag-whales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}