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Related: About this forumDenmark's Gay Penguins Become Fathers
After a female penguin abandoned one of her eggs, zoologists at the Odense Zoo decided to see how two male penguins would handle the egg. As it turns out, they were "natural parents."
"With King penguins, they mix it between the male and female. One stands with the egg while the other goes to feed and then they shift," zoologist Nina Christensen is quoted as saying. "It was the same with this pair. They both incubated the egg.
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Denmark's Gay Penguins Become Fathers (Original Post)
Fearless
Nov 2012
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hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)1. Sweet. of course they're good parents.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)2. What a great story...Thanks!
William769
(55,144 posts)3. Great story, thanks!
mitchtv
(17,718 posts)4. this kind of thing gets out, and
it will destroy civilization in the Antartic!