A new, feathery, meme is spreading on social media. People are posting clips from a 2007 documentary showing a penguin ...

Penguin Walking Toward Mountain or Nihilist Penguin, also known as Lonely Penguin, Wandering Penguin or Werner Herzog’s ...

The now-viral footage isn’t new. It originates from Encounters at the End of the World, a 2007 documentary by acclaimed ...

A clip from Werner Herzog’s 2007 documentary Encounters at the End of the World went viral on TikTok at the beginning of 2026, depicting the doomed fate of a strangely stubborn penguin.

The “Nihilist Penguin” has become 2026’s first major viral sensation, turning a nearly 20-year-old documentary clip into an ...

A clip from a 2007 documentary showing a lone penguin walking away from its colony has gone viral in 2026, becoming the ...

The video shows a lone penguin quietly walking away from its colony towards the mountains ...