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Gay Penguins Break Up
Fox News ^ | September 16, 2005

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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bushsfault; gaypenguins; homosexuality; newyorkcity; penguin; zoo
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To: West Coast Conservative
Any fool that's been around isolated animals know they'll "pair up" with just about anything warm and fuzzy.


Witness indoor dogs humping you leg or favorite pair of slippers.

When their natural mate becomes available, they return to their BASIC instincts. As have these "gay" penguins

Just witness what happens in prison...
41 posted on 09/19/2005 12:42:13 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: West Coast Conservative

So much for the long-term, committed relationship.


42 posted on 09/19/2005 12:43:45 PM PDT by N. Theknow
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To: West Coast Conservative
On Thursday, Roy, all alone, sat disconsolately at the edge of the penguin area, staring at the wall.

Guess who has a Chilly Willie?

43 posted on 09/19/2005 12:46:06 PM PDT by N. Theknow
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To: andy58-in-nh

"Scrappy" may not have a younger sister, but she has an older brother named "Sigfried"


44 posted on 09/19/2005 12:48:52 PM PDT by junaid (...far from being gruntled)
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To: Physicist
Reparative therapy?

That's the politically incorrect label. It's politically incorrect because it implies something needs repair. The politically correct term is reorientation therapy but either term works.

The good news is the therapy works for those who want change.

45 posted on 09/19/2005 12:51:28 PM PDT by scripter (Let temporal things serve your use, but the eternal be the object of your desire.)
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To: hang 'em
Once you try cloaca don't go backa.

** snicker ** Funny! Obscure, but good.

46 posted on 09/19/2005 12:55:13 PM PDT by surely_you_jest
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To: junaid
LOL! I thought about that, too. Sigfried und Roy. Ach du Liebe!
47 posted on 09/19/2005 3:49:13 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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