A gay penguin couple in Polarland Zoo in Harbin in northern China (a country that doesn’t offer LGBT couples legal marital rights) has just been given a baby chick to care for in an effort to help a struggling penguin mother who recently hatched twins, Huffington Post is reporting.
According to the article, the penguin couple–whose union was even celebrated in a 2009 wedding–are naturally suited for raising chicks. Male penguins share the duty of incubating unhatched eggs with females in the wild, and this pair has become notorious for trying to steal eggs during the hatching season.
The Chinese penguins’ case recalls that of Roy and Silo, the two “gay” penguins at New York’s Central Park Zoo who were eventually given a rejected egg after attempting to hatch a rock. Their story was also the basis for the controversial children’s book “And Tango Makes Three.”
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