Dhaka, Jan. 25 -- A lone penguin, trekking across the icy expanse of Antarctica towards a massive snow-covered mountain, has unexpectedly become a symbol of resilience and defiance.

The brief clip, originally from the 2007 documentary Encounters at the End of the World, has gone viral, racking up millions of views and being widely shared across social media, reports NDTV.

Many commentators suggest the penguin chose the "road not taken," showing more courage than humans confined to routine 9-to-5 lives.

The penguin's image has inspired a wave of memes, with US President Donald Trump even sharing an AI-generated version of the penguin to fuel his Greenland annexation rhetoric.

ChatGPT also weighed in on the phenomenon. On the official C...