A researcher with the Australian Antarctic Division left a camera near a large group of emperor penguins. Then two of the birds walked over to check the camera out. The camera was rolling when the penguins started to look into its lens(镜头) , resulting in a very cute penguin “selfie(自拍)”. That’s according to Amy B. Wang of the Washington Post. Explorer Eddie Gault placed the camera near the Auster Rookery during his visit to Australia’s Mawson research station. The Australian Antarctic Division posted a short video from the camera—happy penguins on its social media pages. They wrote that it offered a “bird’s ey view of life in Antarctica”! At the start of the video, we can only see the feet of a penguin. It appears to kick the camera over so its lens faces the sky. As the penguin looks into the camera, another comes into view. The buddies come towards the lens and cock their heads. Then they straighten up and shake their heads. It is as though they have decided that this strange object is not worth their time. Penguins are “naturally curious” animals, the Australian Antarctic Division writes on its Facebook page. Other animals have also been known to get involved in the art of the selfie. An eagle in Western Australia once picked up a camera that was supposed to be recording fresh-water crocodiles. It filmed itself flying and touching at the lens. Then there is a monkey that accidentally started a year-long lawsuit(诉讼) when it took a funny photo of itself with a camera owned by David Slater. He is a British wildlife photographer. Slater published the image of the monkey in a book, which caused People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to take him to court for breaking the copyright of the so-called “selfie monkey”. Slater said himself that the monkey had pressed the shutter on his camera, which proved to be the heart of the case against him. As for the Antarctic penguins, the camera was already rolling when they decided to “strike a pose”, so the Australian Antarctic Division should be able to avoid a possible lawsuit. But if you happen to be in the Antarctic and see two penguins taking top-down Instagram shots of their latest meal, you know who is responsible.