Score one for gay parenting

[Liar]

... or ... um ... something? ... among penguins. In China.

Cute story anyway.

 

[jomar]

And they mate for life. I know because I saw the movie.

 

[Jack_Samuel]

did anyone see happy feet?

i bet their song is "its raining men"

 

[fieryjen]

Awwww.

I'm a fan. Go daddy penguins!

 

[Emerald_Dragon]

Yet another example that being gay is biologically driven. Horray for the penguins!

 

[3113]

And they mate for life. I know because I saw the movie.

Um, no. Penguins only mate for the length of the hatching season. Unless you mean gay penguins? In that case, yeah, I suppose they do as they probably can't find many other gay males to mate with.

But is not uncommon for penguins to try and steal eggs and/or hatchlings from each other if something happens to their own.

Very clever those guys, replacing eggs with rocks so the parents wouldn't notice it was gone. We really do need to re-think our assumptions about animal intelligence.

 

[3113]

Yet another example that being gay is biologically driven.

Also an example indicating that being gay does not makes one a less than effective parent; or that both a mother and a father are needed to effectively raise off-spring though, obviously, with penguins as with humans, two parents are usually better than one simply because they can spell each other--in the case of penguins, that means one parent watching over the off-spring while the other goes off to feed.

 

[jomar]

Um, no. Penguins only mate for the length of the hatching season. Unless you mean gay penguins? In that case, yeah, I suppose they do as they probably can't find many other gay males to mate with.

Impossible. Didn't you see Happy Feet?

But is not uncommon for penguins to try and steal eggs and/or hatchlings from each other if something happens to their own.

Very clever those guys, replacing eggs with rocks so the parents wouldn't notice it was gone. We really do need to re-think our assumptions about animal intelligence.

Yesss, clever, sneaky...gay penguins. But I don't think we should assume all gay penguins are clever, sneaky thieves!

 

[TE999]

We need them in Cali as spokespenguins to help overturn the ban on Gay marriage.

 

[TE999]

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[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I'm reading a book about murder. It's a detailed treatise of who kills and why.

Men commit 85% of all murders, and a serious chunk of the murder is non-related children.