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Camera footage captures clear evidence of penguins attempting selfie

"You're not in frame, Jeff."
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Sam Haysom
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Camera footage captures clear evidence of penguins attempting selfie
Just look at this majestic beast. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Unless you're some kind of inhuman monster, you too will have a deep and unquenchable love for nature's greatest bird, the penguin.

There's just something about their adorable, waddling little bodies, isn't there? You just want to watch them pottering around their snowy little homes all day, ideally with David Attenborough's voice in the background. Maybe you could even go on a voyage to dance with them, like David Harbour did.

Or, in the absence of a handy boat ride to the Antarctic, you could at least watch this video of two Emperors attempting to take a selfie:

It's almost like they're having a conversation, isn't it?

Unsurprisingly, the video was a hit on Twitter.

It even got a shoutout from Sam Neill himself.

You know if Sam Neill's tweeting about it then it must be good.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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