Christian conservatives argue summer hit movie "March of Penguins" affirms traditional norms like monogamy, sacrifice and child rearing.
www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/science/13peng.html?pagewanted=1
OK. But what about all the gay penguins?
Love That Dare Not Squeak Its Name
New York Times, February 7, 2004,
Roy and Silo, two chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan, are completely devoted to each other. For nearly six years now, they have been inseparable. They exhibit what in penguin parlance is called "ecstatic behavior": that is, they entwine their necks, they vocalize to each other, they have sex. Silo and Roy are, to anthropomorphize a bit, gay penguins. When offered female companionship, they have adamantly refused it. And the females aren't interested in them, either.
Zoo tempts gay penguins to go straight
A German zoo has imported four female penguins from Sweden in an effort to tempt its gay penguins to go straight.
www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1275591.html
Researchers find 'gay penguins' (Tokyo)
A research group led by Keisuke Ueda, professor of behavioral ecology at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, found about 20 same-sex pairs at 16 major aquariums and zoos, Kyodo news agency said.
www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,11781522%255E1702,00.html |
