The twins hatched at the Harbin Polar Land in northern China, and to give both babies the best chance in life the aquarium decided to give one of the twins to another set of parents.Read more at Metro UK.
The 'gay' penguin couple are notorious in the aquarium's penguin community and they have been caught many a time trying to steal eggs during the hatching season.
Penguin males have a natural instinct for parenting, in the wild the male penguins share the duty of incubating the un-hatched eggs with the female.
Imagine! Baby-snatching gay male penguins! Now I suppose one might say that the baby penguin is legally adopted by the male parents.
The story gave me more than one smile.
The article gives the further good news that the bonded male pair of penguins in Toronto, Pedro and Buddy, who were separated for breeding purposes, will be together again in the spring.
Thanks to Ann V. for the link.
Sweet!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe thought of baby-snatching penguins strikes me as so funny, although I suppose the real parents don't find it amusing.
ReplyDeleteI don't see how they would snatch baby penguins actually. It's not as if they could cart them off in their beaks. Wouldn't it be more a matter of waddling at them with an air of menace?
ReplyDeleteWould the parents think the dingo ate their baby?
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