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Post by mirakell on Feb 9, 2005 14:28:35 GMT -5
A German zoo has imported four female penguins from Sweden in an effort to tempt its gay penguins to go straight. The four Swedish females were dispatched to the Bremerhaven Zoo in Bremen after it was found that three of the zoo's five penguin pairs were homosexual.
Keepers at the zoo ordered DNA tests to be carried out on the penguins after they had been mating for years without producing any chicks.It was only then they realised that six of the birds were living in homosexual partnerships.
She said that the birds had been mating for years and one couple even adopted a stone that they protected like an egg.
Kueck said that the project has the support of the European Endangered Species Programme because the penguins, which are native to South America, are an endangered species.
But introducing the Bremerhaven penguins to their new Swedish friends may not be as successful as hoped after earlier experiments revealed great difficulties in separating homosexual couples.
:giggle:
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Post by hazyday on Feb 9, 2005 14:32:30 GMT -5
:rofl:
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Post by T.C. on Feb 9, 2005 15:29:10 GMT -5
that's pretty funny..... I doubt they'll start batting for the other team though..
they don't sound like the smartest penguins in the flock eh? considering they adopted a rock.
those gay retarded penguins.... gotta love em
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Post by HSW on Feb 9, 2005 16:29:49 GMT -5
Yep, someone should slap some sense into those gay-tard penguins! |
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Post by + forgot + on Feb 9, 2005 18:04:48 GMT -5
My lord... I love penguins!
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Post by iAndrea on Feb 9, 2005 19:41:55 GMT -5
She said that the birds had been mating for years and one couple even adopted a stone that they protected like an egg. AWWWW somebody should give them abandoned penguin eggs for them to adopt :blush: |
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Post by mirakell on Feb 11, 2005 10:19:18 GMT -5
follow up:
Gay penguins won't go straight
A German zoo's plans to tempt its gay penguins to go straight by importing more females has been declared a failure.
The female penguins were flown in especially from Sweden in an effort to encourage the Humboldt penguins at the Bremerhaven Zoo to reproduce.
But the six homosexual penguins showed no interest in their new female companions and remained faithful to each other.
Zoo Director Heike Kueck said: "The relationships were apparently too strong."
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Post by HSW on Feb 12, 2005 17:28:14 GMT -5
That's actually sweet in a wierd sort of way. Monogamy in penguins, who'd have thunk it?
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