It's a tale of Romeo and Juliet, or I should say Romeo and Buddy. A Toronto zoo is splitting up two gay penguins. At least they think the African penguins, Buddy and Pedro are gay.
Zookeepers say the penguins often mimic male and female courtship behaviors. For instance, Buddy and Pedro "spoon" every night.
Zookeepers tell the Toronto Star: "Those behaviors include making a "braying'' sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together."
In fact, when the Star visited the exhibit Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time.
So why split up these gay lovers? Well, their breed is endangered. So in an effort to boost the number of African penguins the zoo is pretty much whoring out the "boys" and pairing them up with female penguins. No word on whether the two will ever be reunited.
What do you think? Should these penguins be split up to save their race or is love more important?
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Zookeepers say the penguins often mimic male and female courtship behaviors. For instance, Buddy and Pedro "spoon" every night.
Zookeepers tell the Toronto Star: "Those behaviors include making a "braying'' sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together."
In fact, when the Star visited the exhibit Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time.
So why split up these gay lovers? Well, their breed is endangered. So in an effort to boost the number of African penguins the zoo is pretty much whoring out the "boys" and pairing them up with female penguins. No word on whether the two will ever be reunited.
What do you think? Should these penguins be split up to save their race or is love more important?
Get in on the dish. Send me your tweets: twitter.com/maggiesworld or emails: maggie@39online.com or comment on the Online Dish Facebook fan page.
And that's today's helping of Online Dish.
