Gay penguins stealing eggs from straight couples

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by telegraph

Gay penguins steal eggs from straight couples

A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported.

The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft.
But the deception has been noticed by other penguins at the zoo, who have ostracised the gay couple from their group. Now keepers have decided to segregate the pair of three-year-old male birds to avoid disrupting the rest of the community during the hatching season.
A keeper at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China explained that the gay couple had the natural urge to become fathers, despite their sexuality.

"One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs. Despite this being a biological impossibility for this couple, the natural desire is still there," a keeper told the Austrian Times newspaper.

"It's not discrimination. We have to fence them separately, otherwise the whole group will be disturbed during hatching time," he added.
There are numerous examples of homosexuality in the animal kingdom, but gay penguins have captured the public's attention more than any other species.

A German zoo provoked outrage from gay lobby groups after attempting to mate a group of gay male penguins with Swedish female birds who were flown in especially to seduce them. But the project was abandoned after the males refused to be "turned", showing no interest in their would-be mates.

In 2002 a couple of penguins at a New York zoo who had been together for eight years were "outed" when keepers noticed that they were both males.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...t-couples.html

Interesting stuff.

[MAJOR METAL]

I love it !!!!!!!!!!! Now the Lesbian Seagulls with have company

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

I love it !!!!!!!!!!! Now the Lesbian Seagulls with have company

this just made my day

[MAJOR METAL]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

this just made my day

And reading that really brightened mine

[DudeistMonk]

ROFL

I've seen gay and lesbianism as a response to over-population, a trend activated in a percentage of the population when it is no longer necessary to reproduce, and is in fact detrimental to do so...but apparently its still natural for a gay couple to want to reproduce, which just takes my theory and mops the floor with it.

[Jeremy Crockett]

How do they know the penguins are gay? Do the birds in question watch an excessive amount of HGTV? Or are they just better accessorized than their straight counterparts?

[QuelOround]

haha. I've been trying to convince my brother that the dog is gay, but he insists that animals don't delve in homosexuality. I need to show him this. hehe.

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Crockett

How do they know the penguins are gay? Do the birds in question watch an excessive amount of HGTV? Or are they just better accessorized than their straight counterparts?

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Male penguin couples have been documented to mate for life, build nests together, and to use a stone as a surrogate egg in nesting and brooding. In 2004, the Central Park Zoo in the United States replaced one male couple's stone with a fertilized egg, which the couple then raised as their own offspring.[37] German and Japanese zoos have also reported homosexual behaviour among their penguins. This phenomenon has also been reported at Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_...xual_behaviour

[MAJOR METAL]

I think it would be truly AMAZING if these homosexual non human animals started listening to Metallica.

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

I think it would be truly AMAZING if these homosexual non human animals started listening to Metallica.

They're gay, they're not deaf!

[DudeistMonk]

They're gay, they're not deaf!

I just about died.

[bassybill]

So, is being gay a lifestyle choice for the penguins or is it just part of their natural behaviour?

[René_Julien]

Some animals will do anything to get mentioned in TalkBass OT.

[dave64o]

I suppose the black and white markings on gay penguins resembles the shape of a Liza Minelli-esque evening gown and boa rather than a tuxedo?

[Chriss62]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

They're gay, they're not deaf!

I lol'ed

[Chriss62]

But I can still get down with "...and justice for all"

[crimson_basser]

haha wow
good stuff

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally Posted by bassybill

So, is being gay a lifestyle choice for the penguins or is it just part of their natural behaviour?

It's the result of early penguinhood abuse and early exposure to penguin porn

[MakiSupaStar]

Don't worry they'll pass a Proposition to squash all hopes of the gay penguins wishing to start a family.

[EricF]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

It's the result of early penguinhood abuse and early exposure to penguin porn

Undoubtedly. There's no other possible explanation.