Since the discovery six years ago of the gay relationship between Central Park Zoo's Silo and Roy (pictured above), several gay penguin relationships have been discovered in zoos around the world- from America, to Germany, and most recently, China's Polar Land Zoo. It is not just some trendy fad, it's for real. These male couples have the strong urge to be together and nest, often incubating rocks, or in some cases, stolen eggs from other penguin couples.
Though each of the above named zoos had contemplated breaking up the couples, they have been met with strong protest, and the fact that the gay penguin couples make nurturing and loving parents has been undeniable. Roy & Silo have successfully fathered a very healthy young female penguin, and no, she did not turn out gay like her parents.
The gay Polar Land penguins had to be separated from the rest of the penguins during hatching season (to prevent any unnecessary egg stealing) and were given two eggs of first time mothers.
According to the zookeeper, "They've turned out to be the best parents in the whole zoo," and "We will try to arrange for them to become real parents themselves with artificial insemination."
It is so great that we can accept the sexual orientation of penguins, I only wish that we could be as open minded about our fellow humans.
Source: Yahoo! News
Scientific American
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