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Gay Penguin Goes Straight!
New York Post ^ | September 16, 2005 | HEIDI SINGER

Posted on 09/18/2005 7:56:32 AM PDT by texianyankee

It's splitsville for New York's favorite gay penguins — and one of the lover-birds has taken up with a fetching female.

Now, the Central Park Zoo is dealing with a gay-straight love triangle Jerry Springer couldn't dream up. And nobody knows who will lay claim to the pair's adopted chick.

The drama started when Silo left Roy, his mate of six years, for Scrappy, a female transplant from SeaWorld who'd never had chicks.

"Silo and Roy stopped spending as much time together or building a nest," said John Rowden, the zoo's curator of animals.

At first, Silo started hanging out with different female birds — but then Scrappy caught his eye.

The new hetero pair built a nest, but never produced an egg. Still, they can be spotted hanging out together in the middle of the penguin display — while Roy sits glumly on the sidelines, all alone.

So-called "gay" penguin couples have been widely noticed in zoos.

The penguin lovers actually do have sex, though they can't lay eggs. But Roy and Silo took their relationship to a higher level when they tried incubating a rock, and then successfully raised a chick from an extra egg given to them by a zookeeper.

"Revenge wouldn't be the word I'd use," said Boersma. "But there might be a fight between the new and old mates. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see some flipper-whacking and pecking."

Roy kept his distance from the happy couple yesterday. He stayed on the far end of the penguin display staring at a wall, while Silo and Scrappy flirted, raising their beaks to each other and swiveling their necks to reaffirm their marriage.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New York
KEYWORDS: centralparkzoo; exgays; gaypenguins; homosexual; lolol; ornithology; penguins; zoo; zoology
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1 posted on 09/18/2005 7:56:34 AM PDT by texianyankee
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To: texianyankee

They just need to find Roy a "right" woman too.


2 posted on 09/18/2005 7:59:07 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: texianyankee

Will they still be marching in the Homo "Pride" Parade?


3 posted on 09/18/2005 7:59:21 AM PDT by lormand (George W. Bush is saving your ass, whether you like it or not.)
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To: texianyankee

In other words, if you stick two males together in an un-natural environment, un-natural things may happen.

I thought they were BORN that way?!?!?!?


4 posted on 09/18/2005 8:01:44 AM PDT by Paloma_55
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To: texianyankee
I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see some flipper-whacking

Best line in the whole article.

5 posted on 09/18/2005 8:03:35 AM PDT by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: Paloma_55

LOL....good point!


6 posted on 09/18/2005 8:03:42 AM PDT by texianyankee
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To: texianyankee
Slio and Roy are no longer on speaking terms...
7 posted on 09/18/2005 8:03:53 AM PDT by mikrofon (All dressed up w/o a date)
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To: texianyankee
flipper-whacking and pecking.
I totally misread that...
8 posted on 09/18/2005 8:04:52 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Fines for excess bleeding.)
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To: texianyankee

"...I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see some flipper-whacking and pecking..."

Revenge!


9 posted on 09/18/2005 8:10:53 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Don't kick yourself for not giving more to charity: mug the tax payer, you silly schmuck. /sarcasm)
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To: Paloma_55

"...while Roy sits glumly on the sidelines, all alone..."

Hey, at least he can keep incubating the rock. And he got a nice nest out of the deal.


10 posted on 09/18/2005 8:12:22 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Don't kick yourself for not giving more to charity: mug the tax payer, you silly schmuck. /sarcasm)
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To: CindyDawg
"They just need to find Roy a "right" woman too."

....you think maybe "Scrappy" has a sister?

11 posted on 09/18/2005 8:13:08 AM PDT by texianyankee
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To: LongElegantLegs

LOL


12 posted on 09/18/2005 8:17:14 AM PDT by Triggerhippie (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.)
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To: little jeremiah; DirtyHarryY2K; Clint N. Suhks

Ping


13 posted on 09/18/2005 8:20:02 AM PDT by scripter (Let temporal things serve your use, but the eternal be the object of your desire.)
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To: texianyankee
The penguin lovers actually do have sex, though they can't lay eggs.

Duh ...

14 posted on 09/18/2005 8:33:45 AM PDT by manwiththehands
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To: RadioAstronomer; texianyankee
I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see some flipper-whacking


15 posted on 09/18/2005 9:10:01 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Rabid Dog

Or a new question of the week. Gay for life, or not?


16 posted on 09/18/2005 9:12:06 AM PDT by Snapping Turtle (Snap on and don't let go!)
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To: LongElegantLegs
flipper-whacking and pecking.

I totally misread that...

Did you transpose terms, i.e. "Pecker-whacking and flipping?"

17 posted on 09/18/2005 9:26:50 AM PDT by Rockitz (Geena YES, Hill NO!)
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To: Coop

I thought this was another of your trick threads.


18 posted on 09/18/2005 9:31:59 AM PDT by tgslTakoma
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To: texianyankee

19 posted on 09/18/2005 9:43:11 AM PDT by RightWingAtheist (Bring back Modernman!)
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This one?
20 posted on 09/18/2005 9:49:25 AM PDT by Bon mots
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