20 Penguin Posts to Waddle With Towards a Wholesome Weekend

Welcome, waddling folks, to the arctic antics corner of the internet. If your week wobbled like an unsure, round bird, wearing a permanent tuxedo - you've come to the right place. Because no waddling person trying to slide into the weekend can be understood better than by a pack of penguins. That's right - when you feel like you need to roll around from place to place because you're tired of walking, but still want to look fabulous while you waddle away - penguins are the closest thing to this mental state.

So let's make this Friday fresh again, with some precious penguin giggles. Because if they can laugh while not being able to fly, then so can we. And sliding down the penguin memes is as easy as sliding on ice while lying on your belly. Just like… weeeeeeeeee, and the weekend is already there, right around the icy corner. So, ready for this snowy joy ride? Yeah, so are we.

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via @muffinlab
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via @RealHughJackman
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via @ShowYourCat
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via @ShowYourCat
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via @randy__vision
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via @agirlcried
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via @hometoursandotherstuff
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via @TweetPotato314
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via rip memes | John Webber
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via @hometoursandotherstuff
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via @hometoursandotherstuff
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via KXAN.COM
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via @important-animal-images
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via @RespectfulMemes
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via @wholesome-animal-images
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via Paul Carroll on Unsplash
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via @SpillTheMemes
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via @SpillTheMemes
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via Assertive Spirituality
And now, for a bonus puffin meme!
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via @WholesomeMeme
Puffins and penguins aren’t actually family-family - they’re more like those “we look alike so we’re cousins now” friends at a reunion. Scientifically speaking, puffins are auks from the Northern Hemisphere, while penguins live way down south and belong to a totally different bird family. Their last common ancestor was so far back in time it probably still thought dinosaurs were its cool friends. But thanks to convergent evolution - nature’s habit of copying homework - both birds ended up with sleek, swim-ready bodies, snazzy tuxedo apparel, and the general appearance of tiny, earnest butlers of the sea.
Of course, there are key differences. Puffins can actually fly, zooming through the air like chunky feathery torpedoes, while penguins are fully committed to the “no wings, only flippers” lifestyle and perform their dramatic zooming underwater instead. Puffins’ rainbow beaks look like someone hit “add saturation” in Photoshop, while penguins rock a more minimalist black-and-white aesthetic. Still, both waddle, both bop around on rocks looking like they’re late for an important fish meeting, and both radiate wholesome chaos.
So no, they’re not technically cousins - but if birds had group chats, you just know puffins and penguins would be in the same one, swapping fish pics and complaining about the weather.