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BBC Natural History Unit - still faking it!

Because you can't have too many penguins, apparently (February 2013)

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DA
davidhorman
You'd think the BBC would have learned their lesson after the great polar bear scandal of 2011, but no. I can only assume one of the penguins called in sick the day they shot this, so they had to fix it in post:

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1247/clonesw.jpg

They delayed the clone at the back by a second or two, at least, but it was pretty obvious to me. It was about 12 minutes in to Penguins: Spy in the Huddle.

I'm fairly sure they composited a shot at the beginning of emperor penguins jumping out of the water as well.

What do you reckon? Reasonable artistic licence or disingenuous fakery?

David
JO
Jon
I've a feeling this kind of fakery happened in Walking with Dinosaurs too.
JC
JonathanC
I bet they weren't actually down the local ice-rink too.

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