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Penguins Mug For Camera, Take A Pretty Great 'Selfie'

You probably didn't know that emperor penguins are reasonably good at framing a video shot. At a research station in Antarctica, the curious animals provided a bird's-eye view.
Emperor penguins near Australia's Mawson research center in Antarctica took a video "selfie."

Emperor penguins are known to be social and curious. But you probably didn't know that they are also reasonably good at framing a video shot.

When an expeditioner with the Australian Antarctic Division left his camera on the ice while visiting a penguin colony, the birds quickly

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