Starfleet directive as well

Arctic

Wow, that’s a really long travel

Certain death indeed

Even if you stop the penguin it will just go back.

So there's nothing wrong with taking this dying penguin and raising it as a pet?

No wonder it dies

You're onto something

Not as long as one might think. At least not for the actual penguin, that unfortunately was plunked to extinction for nice down bedding, and not the impostors from down south.

(Partially joking here. But the great auk was called penguin before antarctic penguins were first described, and although auks and modern penguins look similar in some regards, they aren't very closely related.)

you inspire me!

or worse, it could introduce unfit behavioral factors into the gene pool

As long as the penguins haven't discovered warp drive, that is.

The wrong part is where it wonders off and breaks your heart.

Just gonna leave this here for whoever hasn't seen it yet: https://youtu.be/mnTU_hJoByA

Wierd part is this behavior is not always bad. When learning AI models one of the important things is "deviants" (dont remember exact term). This how you get new ideas that may progress the species like finding new food sources.