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'Gay Penguins' Rear Adopted Chick (liberal agenda barf alert)
BBC News ^ | Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:50 UK

Posted on 06/03/2009 4:26:03 PM PDT by lewisglad

Two "gay" male penguins have hatched a chick and are now rearing it as its adoptive parents, says a German zoo.

The zoo, in Bremerhaven, northern Germany, says the adult males - Z and Vielpunkt - were given an egg which was rejected by its biological parents.

It says the couple are now happily rearing the chick, said to have reached four weeks old.

The zoo made headlines in 2005 over plans to "test" the sexual orientation of penguins with homosexual traits.

Three pairs of male penguins had been seen attempting to mate with each other and trying to hatch offspring from stones.

The zoo flew in four females in a bid to get the endangered birds to reproduce - but quickly abandoned the scheme after causing outrage among gay rights activists, who accused it of interfering in the animals' behaviour.

The six "gay" penguins remain at the zoo, among them Z and Vielpunkt who are now rearing the chick together after being given the rejected egg.

"Z and Vielpunkt, both males, gladly accepted their 'Easter gift' and got straight down to raising it," said a zoo statement.

There have been previous reports of exclusive male-to-male pairings among penguins, some of which have also included the rearing of chicks.

Homosexual behaviour in is well documented in many different animals, but it is not understood in detail, says Professor Stuart West, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford.

Other animals may simply exhibit a "drive to mate", while others may, like humans, enjoy non-procreative sexual activity.

"Homosexuality is nothing unusual among animals," Bremerhaven zoo said on Wednesday.

"Sex and coupling up in our world do not necessarily have anything to do with reproduction."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: gaypenguins; homosexualagenda
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1 posted on 06/03/2009 4:26:04 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad
'Gay Penguins' Rear Adopted Chick (liberal agenda barf alert)

I wonder what else they "reared".

2 posted on 06/03/2009 4:27:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (USM is Gator Bait! (Congrats to U-Dub!))
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To: lewisglad

Leave it to degenerate minds to stamp penguins as ‘gay’ because they feel the drive to protect the endangered young penguins. I lost my tolerance of the homosexual degenerates long ago. And they are building up a heck of a lot of negative karma with the ever increasing insistance they be accepted as normal. They aren’t and never will be without medical help.


3 posted on 06/03/2009 4:28:40 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: lewisglad

I say the penguins are confused, which is kind of saying the same thing.


4 posted on 06/03/2009 4:30:08 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: dfwgator

I felt kind of sorry for the chick, but then the coffee kicked in.


5 posted on 06/03/2009 4:30:29 PM PDT by Califreak (Stammer Lee, TOTUS and Beltway Bob have turned 1600 into a circus)
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To: lewisglad

If my dog climbs in bed with me does that mean he is gay and want to have sex with me. I DON’T THINK SO. Where do they get off with this stuff.


6 posted on 06/03/2009 4:31:00 PM PDT by handy old one (It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristote)
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7 posted on 06/03/2009 4:31:11 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: Retired Greyhound

Just you wait until the “gay” penguins get their own proposition then start protesting the Mormon penguins who didn’t want any part of this crap..


8 posted on 06/03/2009 4:31:30 PM PDT by max americana
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To: lewisglad

"Super!"

9 posted on 06/03/2009 4:34:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (USM is Gator Bait! (Congrats to U-Dub!))
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To: dfwgator
"'Gay Penguins' Rear Adopted Chick"

Penguin pedophiles. Deviancy knows no limits.

10 posted on 06/03/2009 4:34:50 PM PDT by Never on my watch (At least with Doctors I can get a second opinion. With 'Professional Journalists' there is only one)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Gay penguins ping!!!


11 posted on 06/03/2009 4:34:50 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Never on my watch

I blame it on “Penguin Lust.”


12 posted on 06/03/2009 4:35:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (USM is Gator Bait! (Congrats to U-Dub!))
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To: lewisglad
Gay Penguins.....I thought this was about the hockey team and Crosby. :)

Go Wings!

13 posted on 06/03/2009 4:36:01 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (We do what we have to do.)
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To: lewisglad
Come on, this has to be satire.

The zoo flew in four females in a bid to get the endangered birds to reproduce - but quickly abandoned the scheme after causing outrage among gay rights activists, who accused it of interfering in the animals' behaviour.

Seriously? Now they're protesting that gay penguins are being oppressed?

What next? Demands to legalize gay penguin marriage

14 posted on 06/03/2009 4:37:20 PM PDT by PressurePoint
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The zoo flew in four females in a bid to get the endangered birds to reproduce - but quickly abandoned the scheme after causing outrage among gay rights activists, who accused it of interfering in the animals' behaviour.

Life imitates "South Park".

15 posted on 06/03/2009 4:38:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (USM is Gator Bait! (Congrats to U-Dub!))
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To: lewisglad

There was a story a while back that said the straight penguins had ostracized the homosexual penguins from their community because the homosexual penguins has been attempting to steal their eggs. Hows that for testing the behaviors of animals?


16 posted on 06/03/2009 4:38:30 PM PDT by Jeb21 (www.jewsagainstobama.com)
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To: Retired Greyhound

Actually, they’re not confused. This behavior (males raising chicks) is a normal part of penguin life. After laying eggs, the females return to the sea for food while the males hatch the eggs. The females return with food for themselves and the chicks and the males then take their turn to get food. There’s nothing gay about it.


17 posted on 06/03/2009 4:39:14 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: PressurePoint

“What next? Demands to legalize gay penguin marriage”

Apparently it is already legal in NH (as long as they are consenting and committed).


18 posted on 06/03/2009 4:39:57 PM PDT by Never on my watch (At least with Doctors I can get a second opinion. With 'Professional Journalists' there is only one)
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To: lewisglad
Must be something in the water ...


19 posted on 06/03/2009 4:40:15 PM PDT by x
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To: lewisglad

I don’t like the way that gays rear kids.


20 posted on 06/03/2009 4:41:35 PM PDT by Bon mots
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