Published 20:45 IST, July 11th 2020
‘Health-conscious’ baby penguin doing yoga gives internet workout goals
"Charmin's yoga poses are the workout motivation that we need!” read the caption as a baby penguin can be seen pulling some of the perfect yoga poses.
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An impressive clip of a ‘health-conscious’ penguin doing yoga on a rubber mat is giving internet workout goals. Posted by Columbus Zoo on ir official Instagram handle, clip was captioned as, “Charmin's yoga poses are workout motivation that we need!” baby penguin can be seen pulling some of perfect yoga poses as it stretches its fins and wriggles tiny tail while guided by its instructor to calm mind and strengn body.
Viewed over15,000 times, clip has amassed a slew of reactions as people hilariously direct penguin to “Inhale and hold....exhaaaaale” in comments thread. Some users pointed out that y used same mat as “cute” penguin who was w giving m motivation to maintain healthy practices daily for one’s overall wellbeing. penguin can be seen listening to instructions carefully as it spreads fins and opens its beak to do breathing exercises. “Ultra-soft and cute!” a user wrote, making a laughter emoticon. “cute,” said or. penguin’s dedication to training its wings is remarkable as bird lays on mat without distracting itself. Its motivation to exercise to remain fit can be ascertained from fact that it repeatedly looks around erly to take instructions.
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Should birds exercise?
In a survey earlier, scientists and wildlife experts who study physiology of species such as cormorants and king penguins had posed question – do or animals also ‘train’ in order to prepare mselves for or aspects of ir lives? And as per a report, wildlife expert Lewis Halsey of Roehampton University had said it was worthwhile to have animals do physical exercise to retain fitness. refore, species, including birds could train to keep mselves fit. y can train to maximise ir reproductive capacity, Halsey said in a wildlife report, adding that more energy y can funnel through to ir offspring, better.
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20:44 IST, July 11th 2020