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Posted on 02/09/2005 1:14:24 PM PST by Lorianne
A German zoo has imported four female penguins from Sweden in an effort to tempt its gay penguins to go straight.
The four Swedish females were dispatched to the Bremerhaven Zoo in Bremen after it was found that three of the zoo's five penguin pairs were homosexual.
Keepers at the zoo ordered DNA tests to be carried out on the penguins after they had been mating for years without producing any chicks.
It was only then they realised that six of the birds were living in homosexual partnerships.
Director Heike Kueck said that the zoo hoped to see some baby penguins in the coming months.
She said that the birds had been mating for years and one couple even adopted a stone that they protected like an egg.
Kueck said that the project has the support of the European Endangered Species Programme because the penguins, which are native to South America, are an endangered species.
A biologist will be on hand to monitor the experiment.
But introducing the Bremerhaven penguins to their new Swedish friends may not be as successful as hoped after earlier experiments revealed great difficulties in separating homosexual couples.
In case they show no interest, the zoo has also flown in two new male penguins "so that the ladies don't miss out altogether", Kueck added.
Bring those gay penguins around here! I have a flock of fat seagulls around here that chased all the other birds away. 15 miles from the Pacific ocean. Cats and dogs are afraid of them. And I do not want CD-sized droppings on my truck anymore. If those gay penguins don't do the job, it's time to domesticate fast beige colored dogs called coyotes.
Why can't we just accept the penguins for what they are? Hmmmmm? :) Hehehehe!
A smallish crowbar may suffice...
Ali G - "Why is all de Penguins gay?"
Thanks for the ping!
BTTT!!!!!
Did anyone think that maybe because they did not have contact with female penguins they ended up like this? Maybe when given the choice, they would prefer females? How is this different from the prison system.
Always thought that Busby Berkely was a little, well, you know.
Do you have the link to that story? Thanks.
That would make too much sense.
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That's funny, and a strong indication that someone has too much spare time. Or, that they're the next animation star at Dreamworks.
ROFL!
It's a plot by microslop to make Linux look bad.
And if that don't work we KNOW they're gay!
This is a bunch of bogus!
Birds are omnisexual. As any bird owner will tell you, when in captivity, they will mate with ANYTHING...their perches, sticks, food, cloth cozies, your sleeve or other birds of the same sex.
It's not a matter of being "gay", it's just that they don't know they'll go blind!
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