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Drone footage of fledging penguins jumping off cliff

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Re: Drone footage of fledging penguins jumping off cliff

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Post by patall »

mikhailfranco wrote: post #21

First drone footage of x is becoming a little rarefied, not to say boring and predictable for some values of x. So I expect this to be the peak of consumers buying little mavics to film their trips to Mont Blanc or the Amalfi Coast. Honestly, their friends are not interested. It was sad and ridiculous while it lasted, and now I hope it's over.

I think you may be speaking from an affluent bubble. None of my friends ever approached me with their drone footage. And my grandma would absolutely be stoked if I did show her something like this from myself. Yes, drone video have become a bit too much of a thing in any kind of documentary (and it can be a tad boring for at least 5-10 years now). But that is just how it is, colored video (or HD etc) is also not novel anymore, yet we keep doing it.

Re: Drone footage of fledging penguins jumping off cliff

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Post by krallja »

mikhailfranco wrote: post #21

First drone footage of x is becoming a little rarefied, not to say boring and predictable for some values of x. So I expect this to be the peak of consumers buying little mavics to film their trips to Mont Blanc or the Amalfi Coast. Honestly, their friends are not interested. It was sad and ridiculous while it lasted, and now I hope it's over.

First written account of x is becoming a little rarefied, not to say boring and predictable for some values of x. So I expect this to be the peak of consumers buying little bics to write about their trips to Mont Blanc or the Amalfi Coast. Honestly, their friends are not interested. It was sad and ridiculous while it lasted, and now I hope it's over.

Re: Drone footage of fledging penguins jumping off cliff

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Post by CoastalCoder »

mannykannot wrote: post #23
delichon wrote: post #18

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That is a pretty good answer, though I have to fault ChatGPT a little bit for not taking the coconuts into consideration.

If you're in Africa, you probably need a VPN to get the answer you're looking for.

Re: Drone footage of fledging penguins jumping off cliff

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Post by MichaelZuo »

jncfhnb wrote: post #29

Very odd footage imo. * most of the birds are falling in because they’re pushed, not because they’re jumping * most of the birds are belly flopping hard rather than diving in with any sort of graceful entry * most birds don’t appear to ever jump. I refuse to believe the camera wouldn’t have shown the whole population in the water if they had

Maybe it's some sort of weird social test like baby cowbirds.
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