"A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported.
The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft.
But the deception has been noticed by other penguins at the zoo, who have ostracised the gay couple from their group. Now keepers have decided to segregate the pair of three-year-old male birds to avoid disrupting the rest of the community during the hatching season.
A keeper at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China explained that the gay couple had the natural urge to become fathers, despite their sexuality.
"One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs. Despite this being a biological impossibility for this couple, the natural desire is still there," a keeper told the Austrian Times newspaper.
"It's not discrimination. We have to fence them separately, otherwise the whole group will be disturbed during hatching time," he added.
There are numerous examples of homosexuality in the animal kingdom, but gay penguins have captured the public's attention more than any other species.
A German zoo provoked outrage from gay lobby groups after attempting to mate a group of gay male penguins with Swedish female birds who were flown in especially to seduce them. But the project was abandoned after the males refused to be "turned", showing no interest in their would-be mates.
In 2002 a couple of penguins at a New York zoo who had been together for eight years were "outed" when keepers noticed that they were both males."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3530723/Gay-penguins-steal-eggs-from-straight-couples.html1. I'm amazed at the ability of not only the problem-solving behavior, the use of tools and the outright planning those penguins show, but also at the complexity of social behavior exhibited by the group ostracizing the would-be thieves.
2. Those gay activist groups need to shut the hell up about shit like "ZOMG they are forcing the penguins to mate!" The penguins get free lodgings, are safe from predators and can be gay all they want. So it really is not too much to ask to put that gayness on hold for some baby penguins, seriously. Just stick it in there, think about your boyfriend's asshole and be done with it.
3. If my future son turns out gay, I'm all okay with it, but if he tells me how he doesn't want children, I'm gonna beat him green and blue until I've become a grandfather.