It was hilarious, because it leaped into the boat and the people didn't even see it come in from their blind side until it was standing in the middle of all of them.. There were two things that stuck out at me:
- First, if I had been swimming for my life to escape those things, I wouldn't have the gumption of this penguin to stand on the slippery side of the boat and stare those Orcas in the face...I would have been lying in the floor of the boat in terror. It was almost like the penguin was taunting them!
- Secondly, the reaction of the whales is interesting. They are not even going to mess with the humans in the boat, even though they could swamp, kill, and eat ALL of them without even breaking a sweat! But the only reaction is that one of the orcas sticks its head out of the water to examine the boat, the humans, and the penguins, then they all swim quietly away.
It is as if they know the hunt is over, and they aren't going to mess with humans for a penguin, and...the penguin seems to know this as well.
At the risk of anthropomorphizing them, it makes me wonder if they understand they don't want humans actually hunting them because they killed and ate some, and its better to just leave them alone. I can't think of any other reason than to ascribe that level of awareness to them.