alt Hacker NewsInteresting fantasy but these broken penguins are too infrequent to start something new. They usually just wander off to die alone in the cold.
New species are usually formed gradually while introducing their mutations to the population until they eventually break off as a group. But more commonly there’s usually a geographic barrier that separates an existing group and they gradually just drift apart from each other.
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Towaway69 • yesterday at 10:25 PM
This leaving the group to die can also be observed in other species (cats and dogs do this too).
So this penguin knew its time was up and didn’t want to mess up the colony with its dead body.
We interpret the behaviour through our lenses and experiences.
> They usually just wander off to die alone in the cold.
Usually! But not always.
Every once in a while, one probably makes it to another colony many miles away, and helps prevent inbreeding as a result.
Or runs into a similar weirdo somewhere in between.