Sunday, 19 January 2014

Bird steals camera, films gorgeous aerial footage of penguin colony

Bird steals camera, films gorgeous aerial footage of penguin colony
Jan 19th 2014, 17:34, by Jacob Kastrenakes

A falcon-like bird was unwittingly turned into a documentary filmmaker during its trip for lunch. At a rockhopper penguin colony, a striated caracara thought it had caught a break when it located the one remaining egg that hadn't been hatched — but it turns out, the egg hadn't hatched for good reason: it was a camera in disguise. After a short assessment, the caracara took off with the camera, capturing incredible, swooping footage of the penguin colony from above.
That isn't the end of the egg-cam's journey though. After falling from the caracara's grasp, a pair of turkey vultures descend on it next, sending it tumbling down a hill toward the colony. It's been a good few months for birds stealing cameras, and if the popularity of...
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