Continued at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8081829.stm'Gay penguins' rear adopted chick
Two "gay" male penguins have hatched a chick and are now rearing it as its adoptive parents, says a German zoo.
The zoo, in Bremerhaven, northern Germany, says the adult males - Z and Vielpunkt - were given an egg which was rejected by its biological parents.
It says the couple are now happily rearing the chick, said to have reached four weeks old.
The zoo made headlines in 2005 over plans to "test" the sexual orientation of penguins with homosexual traits.
Three pairs of male penguins had been seen attempting to mate with each other and trying to hatch offspring from stones.
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Boo. I already posted a link in "Stupid News Stories". 

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Well, I didn't think to look there (too busy catching up on a truckload of work).Gawdzilla wrote:Boo. I already posted a link in "Stupid News Stories".

And it's not stupid. Not to the fundies who will be suitably outraged.

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"Stupid/Silly/Strange News Stories"?klr wrote:Well, I didn't think to look there (too busy catching up on a truckload of work).Gawdzilla wrote:Boo. I already posted a link in "Stupid News Stories".![]()
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Aww how cute! They get to have their baby and the abandoned chick gets loving parents.
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Yeah, and they'll teach it all kind of perverted things and it will never have chicks of its own. End of penguin-kind as we know it.CP wrote:Aww how cute! They get to have their baby and the abandoned chick gets loving parents.
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Oh no, all the penguins are going to catch gay?! Maybe they'll become maladjusted little vandals too! This must be stopped!Gawdzilla wrote:Yeah, and they'll teach it all kind of perverted things and it will never have chicks of its own. End of penguin-kind as we know it.CP wrote:Aww how cute! They get to have their baby and the abandoned chick gets loving parents.

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Before the polar bears starve!CP wrote:Oh no, all the penguins are going to catch gay?! Maybe they'll become maladjusted little vandals too! This must be stopped!Gawdzilla wrote:Yeah, and they'll teach it all kind of perverted things and it will never have chicks of its own. End of penguin-kind as we know it.CP wrote:Aww how cute! They get to have their baby and the abandoned chick gets loving parents.
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