Andrew Cotter narrates the nightly walk of the fairy penguins of Victoria’s Phillip Island as a high-stakes, long-distance race. ‘There’s the defending champion, wearing his familiar navy blue and white. Great waddling style,’ Cotter says as one penguin hits the lead. Cotter has become one of the pandemic’s viral hits after commentating the antics of his labradors, Olive and Mabel, in videos posted to Twitter. His latest video is in collaboration with Visit Victoria and Phillip Island Nature Parks in a bid to keep the top tourist attraction in people’s minds even though the park remains closed to visitors amid Covid-19 lockdowns
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As a local Victorian who is travelling to see the Penguin parade on Phillip island 2moro night im loving the commentary!! Joyous!!
Just genius
Andrew Cotter is the best!❤️
Andrew!😊
This is brilliant!! 🤣
A proper Scottish commentary😅.
Awesome 👏🏻 Look at the penguin on part 0:21 of the video.
It's Grouse! ✌️
I'd love to hear Ian Stirling from Love Island UK doing the commentary for this.
the sacred war plays
Andrew Cotter?
Oh no it's the attack of the fairy penguins!! Run!!
Thank you Andrew!!
Commentator Cotter is a treasure!
I just went to see the fairy penguins today in Phillip Island. A typical Victorian evening in July . In the 2 hours, it rained then the skies cleared and the most brilliant stars came out and then the stars dimmed and it rained again
Through all this the little penguins came waddling out of the sea to greet their friends, chicks and mates still in the burrows.
These little penguins are only about 1 foot (30cm tall). They emerged from the sea at dusk, watchful of predators. Then they get on their path and waddle away to their burrows, calling out to their neighbours
They are the sweetest thing. The look so vulnerable and clumsy on dry land, with their short little legs and wings, waddling waddling.
Yet to have evolved as they have spending so much time in the ocean, they are undoubtedly tough little things. Like featherweight boxing champions !!
I was here in 1998 and this was SO CUTE!!!!!!
Genius
Could listen to Andrew Cotter (of now Olive & Mabel fame 🐶🐶) read a phone book with his wonderful voice and wit! ✅
That’s actually quite well done, that.
Andrew absolutely brilliant. We Australians love our Phillip Island Penguins. 🐧🇦🇺
Andrew Cotter is a treasure love his Olive and Mabel videos
Andrew Cotter, of course!
Made this video 9k likes and am not regretting it
I'm guessing the 79 Dislikes were from penguins who were caught cheating???
I fear one of the competitive waddlers might have broken into a slight trot toward the end. We will have to await the replay for any disqualification notice.