Gay penguins hatch rejected egg

Chew Bakar SG

Two homosexual penguins have successfully hatched an egg that was rejected by its parents and are now proudly rearing the chick, the German zoo housing the couple said on Wednesday.
The Humboldt penguin is normally found on the coast of Chile and Peru Enlarge photo

"Z and Vielpunkt, both males, gladly accepted their 'Easter present' and began straight away with hatching the egg," said the zoo in Bremerhaven, in northern Germany.

"Since the chick arrived they are behaving in the same way as one would expect a heterosexual couple to do. Both happy fathers are now diligently handling the everyday care ... of their adopted offspring," the zoo said.

Z and Vielpunkt are part of a six-strong gay community among the zoo's collection of endangered Humboldt penguins who rose to fame in 2005 when four Swedish females were brought in an unsuccessful attempt to "cure" them.

"Homosexuality is nothing unusual among animals," the zoo said. "Sex and coupling up in our world do not necessarily have anything to do with reproduction."

The Humboldt penguin is normally found on the coast of Chile and Peru, but numbers have dropped to between 12,000 and 20,000 as industrial fishing methods have led to dwindling stocks of the anchovies on which they feed.

-AFP

Fantagf SG

So interesting. unbelievable

Chew Bakar SG

So interesting. unbelievable

Contrary against general believe of homosexuality in nature.

"Homosexuality is nothing unusual among animals," the zoo said. "Sex and coupling up in our world do not necessarily have anything to do with reproduction."

Fantagf SG

Contrary against general believe of homosexuality in nature.

"Homosexuality is nothing unusual among animals," the zoo said. "Sex and coupling up in our world do not necessarily have anything to do with reproduction."

don't if the homosexuals are discriminated

Bangulzai SG

So interesting. unbelievable

same here! so interesting and so unbelievable to me too

Chew Bakar SG

Once we understand nature we understand ourselves better.

Bangulzai SG

Once we understand nature we understand ourselves better.

juz let u know i m typing some articles on my computer now.. so won't be joining in the usual simultaneous chit-chat replies as usual

Fantagf SG

Nature! Nature is too vast for all our understanding.

Chew Bakar SG

juz let u know i m typing some articles on my computer now.. so won't be joining in the usual simultaneous chit-chat replies as usual

Me not feeling well after late dinner at chomp chomp. Just scrowling for articles to read.

Bangulzai SG

Me not feeling well after late dinner at chomp chomp. Just scrowling for articles to read.

ok ok take care Chew Bakar and sleep early

i will read all the articles posted

may or may not reply

Chew Bakar SG

Nature! Nature is too vast for all our understanding.

One bit at a time, never too late to learn.

Fantagf SG

wow, what did u eat at Chomp Chomp? the hokkien mee?

Chew Bakar SG

ok ok take care Chew Bakar and sleep early

i will read all the articles posted

may or may not reply

Thanks but I'll be ok.

Chew Bakar SG

wow, what did u eat at Chomp Chomp? the hokkien mee?

Yup not as good as before leh.

Fantagf SG

Yup not as good as before leh.

I notice most food standard drop in singapore.

dumbdumb! SG

i'm curious, how do u know the penguins were homosexuals. were they just living together, or having sex?

animal behaviours aren't exactly the same as human behaviours.

ok nvm. i found my answer =)

Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

Jffdevil2 SG

huh??animals also got gay ar??are poolman n chrisbenoit lovers??

BadzMaro SG

dukedracula SG

this is not new at all….some seagulls have 3 parents looking after the young, the alpha male bird has female and male partners…..some male pet dogs have been found to screw other male dogs in the same compound in show of dominance…..that said, humans aren’t wild beasts, so it’s degrading to say if beasts can, so can we…..

some species of fishes and insects have been able to reproduce asexually meaning without sex, the young is an exact replica of the mother with no paternal dna at all. that is proof of evolution…. recently, insectologists have discovered a species of ants has no male ants…male drone ants are only useful for mating and little else, so the species somehow manages to produce asexually thus wiping out the males….