German zoo: Gay penguin pair raising chick

Source: AP

German zoo: Gay penguin pair raising chick

51 mins ago

BERLIN – A German zoo says a pair of gay male penguins are raising a chick from an egg abandoned by its parents.

Bremerhaven zoo veterinarian Joachim Schoene says the egg was placed in the male penguins' nest after its parents rejected it in late April. The males incubated it for some 30 days before it hatched and have continued to care for it. The chick's gender is not yet known.
Schoene said the male birds, named Z and Vielpunkt, are one of three same-sex pairs among the zoo's 20 Humboldt penguins that have attempted to mate.

Homosexual behavior has been documented in many animal species.

The zoo said in a statement on its Web site Thursday that "sex and coupling in our world don't always have something to do with reproduction."

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I wonder if they have any Christian zealot penguins at the zoo who protest them raising a child?

Yes, these penguins chose to be gay and yes they will burn in a fiery lake of HELLFIRE! Praise Penguin Jesus!

FSM supports gay penguins...At least that is what I heard the last time I had a plate spaghetti!

EVERYBODY wants to do it.

Who says gay penguins don't have an agenda?

Nature is teaching us the importance of homosexuals in our societies --

and that we should cherish them --

I wonder...
Do heterosexual penguins get bent out of shape about gay penguins raising chicks?
Do they get together to bully them, or try to make them straight?

I'm thinking people could learn a lot from penguins.

Make fun of him for having 2 daddies. Damn it where's Fred Phelps when ya need him?

because GOD HATES PENGUINS!!!



:P

edit: pic

Pretty cool, all kidding aside. Bookmarking for use against any fundies who think homosexuality isn't natural. I can't resist one.

What's next? Penguins marrying pelicans? Madness!

:sarcasm:

the females go to sea to feed and the males remain hunkered down.

I'm suprprised they didn't mention how sea horses are raised!

Those penguins decided to be gay. Doesn't prove a damn thing.

:sarcasm:, anyone?

As many have often said, homosexual attractions are NATURAL among animals and humans. Here you have two homosexual penguins reaching out and helping an abandoned chick to survival. And you have Nazis on the right in this country who want to deny orphans and other unwanted children of a loving home. They prefer to abandon the child to foster care or worse than give them a loving home with two men or two women. What a frigging crock.

Dolphins, maybe, but definitely not penguins.

:silly:

Those penguins chose to be gay. They must have sued to get custody.

Oh, BIRD penguins. ;-)

But the zoo is right when it says: "sex and coupling in our world don't always have something to do with reproduction." Not even among priests. ;-)

but I didn't know they were smart enough to make choices about their sexuality. They're probably just trying to piss off their parents, and penguin society in general. Rebels.

Do I need this? :sarcasm: