Comments on: A gay penguin couple, after trying to steal eggs from other penguins, have become the best parents in the zoo to their newly adopted babies.

A gay penguin couple, after trying to steal eggs from other penguins, have become the best parents in the zoo to their newly adopted babies.

easy_being_green — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:18:25 -0800

Parenting for the birds. Also here and here.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:54:45 -0800

Surely, this will convince anti-gay people!

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:13:29 -0800

Who are you calling Surely?!

By: rmless

rmless — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:20:11 -0800

Can we give those penguins this kid to raise? I bet they would be better at it.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:22:19 -0800

On a serious note, the gay penguins are fascinating. But then again, penguins are fascinating, gay or not. I'm not sure what it has to do with gay humans, but hey, it makes a nice story.

By: Camofrog

Camofrog — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:26:58 -0800

Maybe the penguin is just confused about who's a dude and who's a lady. I sure can't tell the difference. Then he goes egg-stealin' to boot. Bad penguin.

By: If only I had a penguin...

If only I had a penguin... — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:04:09 -0800

This is not unprecdencted. There were a pair of gay penguin parents at the central park zoo. Here is a newspaper story about that couple as well as a kids' storybook. Roy and Silo have since separated. Their daughter Tango has paired with another female. Silo paired up with a female, but that relationship has ended.

By: evidenceofabsence

evidenceofabsence — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:21:22 -0800

They're no Roy and Silo (even if Silo has moved on—cad!). Or Wendell and Cass. Or Georgey and Mickey. Or Milou and Squawk. The gay penguins of New York, and their careers in publishing and theater .

By: evidenceofabsence

evidenceofabsence — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:33:23 -0800

(I'd like to think it's just here, but there are, of course, gay penguins all around the world.)

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:37:32 -0800

Penguins are such fuckers. They steal eggs and rape sleeping or sick members. Don't let that March Of The Upright Christian Birds thing fool you, once they figure out the codes from that frozen Russian sub, they'll launch a missile and enjoy snowball Earth for eons to come.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:05:34 -0800

I could tell just by the way they dress.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:53:33 -0800

But of course they're civilized! They wear tuxedos!

By: serazin

serazin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:02:11 -0800

OK, whoa! First off, I came to comment that I was happy they'd resolved their sad, egg-stealing situation, then I saw in the comments that Silo and Roy broke up!! ): ): ): Then I saw that Silo and Roy's daughter, Tango, is a total lez! (: (: (: This post has been an emotional rollercoaster of penguin sexuality!

By: davar

davar — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:25:53 -0800

the fact that the rest of the colony didn't want them to take care of other birds' eggs "proves that being anti-gay is natural," too. Are pinguins okay with hetero pinguins stealing eggs then?

By: phrenq

phrenq — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:15:56 -0800

I don't mind if they're gay, I just wish they wouldn't flaunt it in public.