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February 16, 2005
Females flown in to convert 'gay' penguins
First off, I would like to say that the quotes around "gay" in the title are fully justified, but more on this later. Four female penguins were flown in to a German zoo to try to entice some male penguins into mating. These Humboldt penguins are endangered, and they didn't realize that the males had paired off. Why they didn't realize this, I can't imagine (shouldn't this have been obvious for professionals?), but once they figured it out, they realized that 2 male pairs were sitting on a stone instead of an egg. Seems rather gay, or at least female, to me.
But they are penguins, and I am not a penguinologist, so I don't actually know if this means that they are gay or crazy. I mean, really, who knows? It's not like they are telling us that they were "born that way" and that they should have the same rights as other penguins. Or maybe these penguins just want some company because they can't score. Happens with humans (not to suggest that it should then happen with penguins), and that's why the "gay" in quotes is appropriate.
The gay and lesbian groups protesting the introduction of the females should probably get over themselves. The species is endangered. The zoo staff is just trying to help keep these penguins from becoming extinct, and they don't actually know why the penguins aren't reproducing. Again, it seems to me that the penguins are gay, but I wouldn't stake my life on it. I'm not a penguin. Besides, how do penguin gay rights translate to human gay rights? I mean, really? If the "gay" penguins continue to snub the females, then that suggests that they are gay, and that these males aren't going to help the population. They are getting other males that hopefully aren't "gay", so "Adam and Steve" will live their gay lives in peace.
What does "gay" even mean when talking about penguins? Do they have to attempt some kind of mating, or does only the courtship matter? They don't know, yet somehow these (human) gay rights people do. I'd really like to hear exactly what these groups have to say with respect to actual penguins that matters. Some kind of scientific or at least credible evidence that the penguins are definitively gay and should be left alone. If I find anything, I'll let you know.
Posted by JonasParker at February 16, 2005 9:00 AM
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And here was me thinking that I was all enlightened in thinking that GAY is an emotional complete thing, and not just a dirty sexual urge. And that penguins are so emotionally charged, how could they not be gay?
Posted by: Procrasto at February 16, 2005 1:21 PM
Penguins are cool as crap.....and this discovery that they could possibly be homosexual in nature only furthers my curiosity....kinda arousing.....;)
Posted by: Matt at February 21, 2005 5:36 PM
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