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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScotland: Gay flamingos adopt abandoned baby bird
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/10/10/gay-flamingos-adopt-chick-that-was-abandoned-by-its-parents/At the Edinburgh Zoo, life was not easy for one baby flamingo. He hatched but fell out of the nest, and his Mom and Dad stopped paying attention to him.
Help was on the way, however. A male flamingo couple went into the nest and started caring for the baby.
From the article:
We dont usually intervene with our flamingo flock but as this was our first egg since 2010, we carefully picked it up and placed it back on the nest.
Luckily, one of our same-sex male couples went straight onto the nest, fostered the egg and raised it as their own.
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Scotland: Gay flamingos adopt abandoned baby bird (Original Post)
shenmue
Oct 2014
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voteearlyvoteoften
(1,716 posts)1. Finally a happy flamingo story!
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)2. Gay flamingos picking up the pieces left by the straighties mess.
brooklynite
(94,585 posts)3. Just as long as they're not ATHEIST Gay Scottish Flamingos.....
We have to draw the line somewhere.
Cha
(297,275 posts)4. What a positive Flamingo story, shenmue!
"Same-sex animal pairings raising neglected babies is common both in zoos and in the wild.
Earlier this year, a Kent zoo said that a pair of gay penguins who are raising a baby together are doing a much better job than their straight counterparts."
I like birdees!
Cha
(297,275 posts)6. We share that.. "Sweet Flamingoes.. I love those graceful birds." All birdees!
Only this was a sad Flamingo story..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=914623
such a beautiful picture!!!
valerief
(53,235 posts)7. Where flamingos fly
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)11. lovely
calimary
(81,298 posts)12. Awww...
Life finds a way!
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)13. I was going to post Pink Flamingos,
but then I remembered that movie isn't exactly appropriate for DU.
If you haven't seen it, and you're a sick fuck, definitely check it out.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)16. i am glad the poodle crap thing is at the end.
so i can skip it! I am a huge john waters fan.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)17. That was pretty funny.
Makes me feel like I'm in middle school.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)14. I LOVE flamingos
What a great story!
Thank you for posting.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)15. You're welcome