Penguins once again become a touching metaphor for humans; this time homosexuals who want to raise children. A couple of supposedly gay penguins in Madrid are yearning to be parents. I’m not sure how anyone knows that they are in the throes of unfulfilled parental yearning other than the fact that they have built a nest. I was under the impression that building nests is just something birds do. Still, someone is going to put an egg in it.
That proves that it was OK to give Elton and David an egg… err, a baby.
From here:
Two gay Gentoo Penguins, that have for six years yearned to be parents, have been given their own egg to rear in Madrid, reports say.
The two male penguins, Inca and Rayas, met at Madrid’s Faunia Park six years ago, and have been inseparable since then. However, they have been building a nest every year in the hope of being able to nurture a young penguin, to no avail.
The Times reports today that zoo-keepers will place an egg in their nest, in order for them to become parents.
…and if they don’t look after the egg and it doesn’t hatch…?
Do these penguins engage in sexual intercourse or are they just fond of each other’s company? If they just like to be together, so what?
The so called ‘gay’ penguins that were in the Toronto zoo (I think it was the Toronto zoo) were separated and at least one of them mated with a female.