Posted on 09/19/2005 10:41:56 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
New York City's most famous gay penguin couple has split up.
Even worse, one of them has taken up with a female penguin new to the Central Park Zoo, the New York Post reports.
Silo and Roy, two male chinstrap penguins native to the South Atlantic, made local headlines six years ago when they came out with their same-sex relationship.
Since then, the pair have successfully hatched and raised an adopted chick — after trying to incubate a rock — and become role models for six other same-sex couples among penguins at the zoo.
That all ended when Scrappy, a single female newly arrived from SeaWorld in San Diego, caught Silo's eye.
"Silo and Roy stopped spending as much time together or building a nest," said John Rowden, curator of animals at the zoo.
Silo promptly moved in with Scrappy, building a new nest with her. Zookeepers were at a loss to explain Silo's sudden conversion.
"Why does anyone bond? Why do people want to get married and divorced?" said Dr. Dee Boersma, penguin expert at the University of Washington in Seattle. "Presumably, they've got their reasons."
Silo and his hot-feathered home-wrecker have yet to produce an egg, but they've been busy trying.
On Thursday, Roy, all alone, sat disconsolately at the edge of the penguin area, staring at the wall.
"If you got divorced, would you want to see your old mate around?" reasoned Boersma.
Besides, she added, "he's probably courting other penguins, getting ready for next season."
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You mean it is A CHOICE????
"Once you've gone to a female, you never go back!" LMAO
I vote for calling the Penguin "Bowie." His ex-partner should be referred to as "Elton."
Silo and Roy, two male chinstrap penguins
Guess they like taking it on the chin. ;-)
Bat Boy named as the reason.
This is another story that doesn't fit the MSM's template, and will go unreported.
LOL !!!
Once you try cloaca don't go backa.
Posted here as well:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486823/posts
Even worse, one has sued for half of the assets...
Glad to see we could help out...
I guess he felt the other bird was a pain in the butt!
LOL, at first I thought it was a story about a National Hockey League team.
Reparative therapy?
Oh...gag!
Roy, all alone, sat . . staring at the wall.
That about says it all.
"Silo promptly moved in with Scrappy, building a new nest with her."
And all Roy could say was, "Bye, bi-birdie."
I must be getting soft, but I feel pretty bad for poor little Roy. Is there a chance that "Scrappy" has a younger sister who might similarly seduce him away from the gay penguin lifestyle? Being New York, it would probably be a Hate Crime to even try.
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