Notícia do Telegraph:
Gay penguins steal eggs from straight couples
A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported.
Last Updated: 2:06PM GMT 27 Nov 2008
The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft.
But the deception has been noticed by other penguins at the zoo, who have ostracised the gay couple from their group.(...)
A keeper at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China explained that the gay couple had the natural urge to become fathers, despite their sexuality.
(...)
Ah se isto vira moda na Califórnia! ;-)
Gay penguins steal eggs from straight couples
A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported.
Last Updated: 2:06PM GMT 27 Nov 2008
The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft.
But the deception has been noticed by other penguins at the zoo, who have ostracised the gay couple from their group.(...)
A keeper at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China explained that the gay couple had the natural urge to become fathers, despite their sexuality.
(...)
Ah se isto vira moda na Califórnia! ;-)
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E escusam de tentar que eles mudem de ideias (ainda no mesmo artigo):
"A German zoo provoked outrage from gay lobby groups after attempting to mate a group of gay male penguins with Swedish female birds who were flown in especially to seduce them. But the project was abandoned after the males refused to be "turned", showing no interest in their would-be mates."
Andar a roubar os ovos dos outros não acho bem. Mas seria interessante ver como é que eles reagiriam se lhes dessem a possibilidade de adoptar pinguinzinhos órfãos.
Também acho. Segundo este artigo normalmente os pinguins reconhecem os filhos e só cuidam deles, pelo que deduzo que os órfãos não devem ter grandes probabilidades de sobreviver.
É muito interessante a vida dos pinguins. A fêmea coloca o ovo junto aos pezinhos do companheiro, que o mantém quente enquanto ela vai à procura de alimentos (o que pode durar algumas semanas). Espera-se que ela não se atrase:
A male will spontaneously leave the nest and eggs when the motivation to feed overcomes that for incubating the eggs.
Ora aí está: melhor fora se o desse para adopção.
E os pinguins do zoo alemão que não se deixam seduzir por turistas loiras suecas já não teriam de andar a furtar ovos.
Paulo, parece-me que os pinguins que roubavam ovos eram dum zoo chinês. Os do zoo alemão eram outros.
Há mais pinguins gay no céu e na terra, Horácio...
Ups. Já estava a misturar histórias. Mas imagino que os pinguins chineses também não prefeririam as loiras.
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