Homophobic outrage! As allegedly "open minded" Toronto Canadian Zoo - to split up gay penguins!

[Selene]

Zookeepers in Toronto, while “fascinated” by male African penguins who appear to be a couple, even displaying signs of mating rituals, plan on splitting up the pair for the sake of captive breeding.

In case you are getting this confused with an episode of Parks and Recreation, you aren’t, this is real life:

Toronto Star:

“They do courtship and mating behaviours that females and males would do,’’ one keeper said in an interview.

Those behaviours include making a “braying’’ sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together. In fact when the

Star

visited the exhibit this week Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time.” (

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http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2011/11/07/zoo-to-split-up-%E2%80%98gay%E2%80%99-canadian-penguins/

Video in the link!

[caroljane]

Zookeepers in Toronto, while “fascinated” by male African penguins who appear to be a couple, even displaying signs of mating rituals, plan on splitting up the pair for the sake of captive breeding.

In case you are getting this confused with an episode of Parks and Recreation, you aren’t, this is real life:

Toronto Star:

“They do courtship and mating behaviours that females and males would do,’’ one keeper said in an interview.

Those behaviours include making a “braying’’ sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together. In fact when the

Star

visited the exhibit this week Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time.” (

Read more

)

http://blog.sfgate.c...adian-penguins/

Video in the link!

Uh-oh......paging "Dr" Bachmann!.

[Selene]

Or Sandusky, Joe Paterno's pervert assistant coach?

Maybe we can put these two (2) penguins in the same cell at the State pen in Pennsylvania...it can become a satellite of Penn State at the State pen!

I completely admired coach Paterno, but after this despicable act of moral blindness, he should do some time in jail, even if it is one weekend.

Adam

[caroljane]

Update, the penguins have gone somewhat viral and there is a good chance they will not be separated. Penguin lovers (pretty much everybody on the the planet, do you know any penguinphobes?) have expressed their outrage, and even Mayor Ford the zoo library and Toronto hater, has been forced to respond to the media on this one. He has explained that he mistook the photos of Buddy and Pedro for photos of himself and his brother Doug. A natural mistake.