Gay penguin couple given their own egg to rear

[Fearless]

The two male penguins, Inca and Rayas, met at Madrid’s Faunia Park six years ago, and have been inseparable since then. However, they have been building a nest every year in the hope of being able to nurture a young penguin, to no avail.

The Times reports today that zoo-keepers will place an egg in their nest, in order for them to become parents.

Yolanda Martin, who takes care of the pair, told the newspaper: “We wanted them to have something to stay together for — so we got an egg. Otherwise they might have become depressed.”

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/05/23/gay-penguin-couple-given-their-own-egg-to-rear/

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[William769]

1. What a feel good story to read this morning.

Thanks!

[Fearless]

4. My thoughts exactly!

[justiceischeap]

2. Maybe we need Zoologists fighting for human gay adoption rights

they seem to have it together in that regard. (I apologize if I used the incorrect term for people who work in zoo's).

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. +1

[RKP5637]

3. This is wonderful to hear!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Oh, I so hope that their egg will hatch and they will be parents!

[PotatoChip]

7. Me too.

I hope that all goes well, and that they soon become proud parents of one very lucky baby Penguin!

What a great article!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

11. me three!

so sweet!!

[libodem]

8. Ahhhh

Just freakin', ahhhh.

[Auntie Bush]

9. God must have forgotten to put it in the Bible that he doesn't approve of gay penguins.

[DCKit]

10. In other news: Conservative Heads Explode Worldwide Leaving Toxic Mess nt

[secondwind]

12. Awww! I love this! :-)

[TahitiNut]

13. Thus, the sequel to "Happy Feet" will be called "Gay Feet"

I hope it causes MANY homophobic heads to explode.

[MadrasT]

14. Thank you. Love.

[roguevalley]

15. awww sweet. my nephew called them pigwins

[Zorra]

16. That's beautiful.

[Jamastiene]

17. Awwwww

Squeeeee!

I hope they put a web cam on them so we can watch them. That will be absolutely amazing to watch.

[SwissTony]

18. Brilliant idea!!!!

And we can watch the baby grow up to be a perfectly normal penguin (gay or otherwise).

[A Simple Game]

19. Do baby penguins breast feed? n/t

[Fearless]

20. No, only mammals breast feed. Birds do not.

[SoutherDem]

21. Great story,

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I wonder why those two penguins "chose" to be gay?

When I hear of stories of homosexuality in species other than human, it make me wonder how the religious nut jobs can say it is a choice.

I want to know when Romney is going to step in and state they need to be raised in a traditional family, you know one dad and five moms.

[WillParkinson]

24. According to some whack-job...

In a link I posted a while ago, they're inhabited by demons that make them gay.

[Fearless]

25. Inhibited by demons that don't want them to be gay maybe! n/t

[Old Union Guy]

22. Perhaps this is an animal experiment unrelated to human behavior?

Isn't this a penguin situation that could only occur with human intervention?

[Fearless]

23. Not necessarily.

There are orphaned eggs in the wild as well. Many animals from most animal species are known to adopt (generally those who care for young).

[Jamastiene]

26. If there is a "Penguin Cam" online somewhere,

hopefully, we can post it here in this thread and get to watch them.

I find animal documentaries and online animal cams to be some of the most fun. One night I was feeling particularly harried and happened to click the link to Savannah, the eagle in NC, who just had a baby eaglet. Not only did it calm me down, but when I went to sleep that night, I left it on to listen to the tree frogs in the background. Best sleep I have had in years. Now, my own tree frogs here in my yard are starting up. I hate the heat from this time of year, but I love getting to see more animals and hear the tree frogs and the barred owls at night.

If anyone finds an online cam for these two penguins and their baby, would you please add a link to this thread? I'm sure many of us would love to be able to watch them.

[Fearless]

27. I'll look for a cam...

In the meantime... Here's the video of the story on the penguins... http://penguinnewstoday.blogspot.com/2012/05/more-on-madrid-zoos-gay-penguins.html

This is the zoo's website... http://www.faunia.es/es

I don't think there is a cam right now.

[Jamastiene]

28. Thank you.

If I can get some time, I might contact them and ask if it is possible to put up a cam, if they don't do it on their own. Thank you for the links and the video.

[Fearless]

29. +1

Of course! And if I do come across one, I will post it here.