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Aquarium discovers two 'gay' penguins
Planet Out ^ | 2/22/02 | Beth Shapiro

Posted on 02/23/2002 4:45:05 AM PST by TC Rider

SUMMARY: Officials at the New York Aquarium finally realize that the most dedicated couple in the penguin enclosure is a pair of males.

Wendell and Cass would be more comfortable in a Greenwich Village one bedroom apartment than their current home at the New York Aquarium.

The male penguins, each about 14 years old, can't get enough of each other. The couple has been together for the past eight years, and the two have sex with each other whenever they can, which is often.

Presumably penguins can tell the guys from the gals, but aquarium officials apparently can't. For years they thought the pair was one of each. The truth didn't come out until aquarium staff carried out a blood test.

Angie Pelekedis, a spokeswoman for the aquarium on Coney Island, said: "They're one of the most dedicated couples in the penguin enclosure."

Penguin keeper Stephanie Mitchell added: "I was only seeing one mate with the other, but then one of the other keepers saw it happen the other way round so we did a blood test that proved they were both male.

"Cass tends to be a rather aggressive bird. Wendell is very nervous; always has been. He's on edge all the time. They're currently in a dispute with another couple over their nest. It seems to be one of the most desirable places in the penguin enclosure."


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Draw you own conclusions:

Gay Activist Conclusion: Being gay is the best state in the animal world. These penquins are obviously the happiest and most well adjusted of the group and shows how in nature the gay couples are entitled to the best housing.

My Conclusion: The penquins are incarcerated and Wendall is Cass's be-atch

1 posted on 02/23/2002 4:45:05 AM PST by TC Rider (tc_rider@yahoo.com)
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To: TC Rider
I had a dog that tried to hump me all the time. Maybe he was trying to come "out". :)
2 posted on 02/23/2002 4:51:06 AM PST by Fzob
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To: TC Rider
They're currently in a dispute with another couple over their nest. It seems to be one of the most desirable places in the penguin enclosure."

Of course it is. It is probably the best decorated nest in the enclosure.

3 posted on 02/23/2002 4:54:24 AM PST by riley1992
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To: TC Rider
"Cass tends to be a rather aggressive bird. Wendell is very nervous; always has been. He's on edge all the time

I'll be on edge all the time too, if I had some homosexual chase me around my nice little enclosure too!!!

4 posted on 02/23/2002 4:54:44 AM PST by JZoback
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To: TC Rider
Presumably penguins can tell the guys from the gals, but aquarium officials apparently can't.

Well now we can wonder about the penguines...hee hee

5 posted on 02/23/2002 4:55:31 AM PST by Woodstock
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To: TC Rider
From the title I was expecting to hear about Mario and Jagr.
6 posted on 02/23/2002 5:03:36 AM PST by Go Gordon
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To: riley1992
Of course it is. It is probably the best decorated nest in the enclosure.

Accessorising is everything!

7 posted on 02/23/2002 5:04:01 AM PST by TC Rider
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To: TC Rider
two have sex with each other whenever they can, which is often.

There's a stereotype being waved like a red flag.

8 posted on 02/23/2002 5:06:47 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: TC Rider
Have they blood tested all the penguins? Suppose they are all male and very, very bored.
10 posted on 02/23/2002 5:08:41 AM PST by Utopia
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To: cholerajoe;dubyaismypresident
hey CJ, maybe these penguins would be more at home in Dupont Circle, and their names are really Trent and Tommy!
11 posted on 02/23/2002 5:10:02 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: one_particular_harbour;cholerajoe
yes, sweets, we know that you know whereof you speak....
12 posted on 02/23/2002 5:10:58 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: TC Rider
Wendell is very nervous; always has been. He's on edge all the time

These penquins are obviously the happiest and most well adjusted of the group

....can one be very nervous all the time....yet happy and well adjusted?....I think NOT!

13 posted on 02/23/2002 5:15:09 AM PST by GrandMoM
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To: AppyPappy
There's a stereotype being waved like a red flag.

Oh Wendall!

14 posted on 02/23/2002 5:16:11 AM PST by TC Rider
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To: TC Rider
Gee, I wonder how the vehicle of imagination called the great homosexual conspiracy got their propaganda to these birds.

LOLOLOLOL!

Homosexuals are no real fun to hang around, to say the least, but I don't understand people who obsess over this sort of sexuality. I often wonder what is worse, the gays or the gay bashers.

I also wonder which of the two groups needs to get a life the worst.

15 posted on 02/23/2002 5:19:28 AM PST by ThreePantherEightyDuce
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I also wonder which of the two groups needs to get a life the worst.

Consider that the gay press pushes these stories to the mainstream press. The gay lobbies maintains that acts of animal homosexuality validate their destructive lifestyle.

All of this should be obvious in the article. The gay penquins are the best adjusted, having their affair over the many years. They have the best nest, etc.

If only Wendle would get over his nervousness.

16 posted on 02/23/2002 5:27:38 AM PST by TC Rider
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To: Fzob
Is that what my dog is doing? We though he was trying to do the hula.
17 posted on 02/23/2002 5:30:27 AM PST by Ditter
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To: TC Rider
I agree. The nervous one is nervous for a reason. Also, some animals eat their young. I guess that's wonderful and natural too?
18 posted on 02/23/2002 5:36:47 AM PST by cactmh
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To: Fzob
I had a dog that tried to hump me all the time. Maybe he was trying to come "out". :)

I had a Siamese Tom who tried to hump my female dachshund, in the face, no less. Really....what a sight.........my ex has some photos ;-)

19 posted on 02/23/2002 5:41:45 AM PST by varon
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To: TC Rider
Aquarium discovers two 'gay' penguins

Maybe they should be put in a Pride.

20 posted on 02/23/2002 5:47:25 AM PST by JamesWilson
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