China's 'Gay' Penguins Given Baby Chick To Care For (VIDEOS)

Just weeks after the planned separation of two Toronto-based "gay" penguins for mating purposes sparked a global outcry, another same-sex avian couple is in the news -- ironically for chick-rearing reasons once again.

As Metro is reporting, two "gay" penguins at Harbin Polar Land in northern China have been given a baby chick to care for, in an effort to help a struggling penguin mother who recently hatched twins.

Despite being "gay," the penguin couple -- whose union was even celebrated in a 2009 "wedding" -- will be 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.

Undoubtedly, the Chinese penguins' case is similar to 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."

Perhaps Buddy and Pedro, the Canadian male penguin couple, could learn a thing or two from their Chinese and American counterparts when they reunite after mating season.

View a slideshow of "gay" animal couples below:

Comments

[poiuytre]

09:26 PM on 04/20/2012

Listen. I LOVE penguins. But seriously, I am a HUGE Pittsburgh Penguins fan. Love the Pens!! So listen all you animal lovers. I love animals too. I LOVE Pengiuns. But I also LOVE the Pittsburgh Penguins. Go Pens!!!! Seriously. Love animals. Love the Pens......

[brdy481]

10:47 PM on 04/23/2012

please don't send me anymore post. Thank You.

[poiuytre]

07:32 PM on 04/24/2012

Gladly, but in return, please unfan me. Thank you.

[Bill Robison]

05:19 PM on 01/25/2012

I thought gays weren't into chicks.

[Jana Mirh]

01:14 PM on 05/23/2012

lol. But, "chicks" in this sense, can be either male or female. Another name for "babies" so yeah, they can be into chicks for family reasons, not sexual. lol that's funny though.

[Oneandoneandone]

12:42 PM on 12/14/2011

Awwww :-)

[Lorie Bradshaw]

10:26 AM on 12/14/2011

The most important part of the story is that the Canadian penguins, Buddy and Pedro, don't MATE together. Read the story again. It states that "they reunite after mating season". If they are suppose to be "gay", doesn't that mean they mate with each other?? Just putting two male penguins together to raise a chick does not mean they are "gay". If animals can truly be "gay", then what happens to the animal population? Nature does not allow for animals to be gay, mating is to promote the population of the species. Human beings are sick for trying to pervert animals to comply with their sexual deviance.

[Oneandoneandone]

12:43 PM on 12/14/2011

There you go, thinking "gay" is only about sex again.

[PhillyProfessor]

01:00 PM on 12/14/2011

Societies, including bee hives, ant colonies, and wolf packs, are organisms with division of labor among their members, including reproductive duties. It is common for them to have non reproducing members. We see the same in human societies. It is a very natural phenomenon.

[Inannawhimsey]

05:36 PM on 12/13/2011

Awwww :3

Next, an article on the most populous denizens of our Earth: lesbian bacteria :3

[APBTLover01]

04:58 PM on 12/13/2011

This is rediculous. How do you know these penguins are gay. Just because some person says so? Give me a break. They're probably just good friends. I have several good friends that are females and I am not gay. I've been happily married for 31 years and have never even thought about being gay. Why should I? I am totally happy just the way I am. These poor penguins probably don't even know what gay means....LOL I remember when it use to mean to be "happy".

[OAK STREET MAFIA]

02:12 PM on 12/13/2011

Do gay penguins hate bears like their heterosexual counterparts?

[ChaCubed]

04:03 PM on 12/13/2011

I think you're confusing penguins with Stephen Colbert in a tuxedo.

[barondarby]

12:28 PM on 12/09/2011

Now this story put a smile on my face today. Thank you.

[dennismcmh]

11:00 AM on 12/09/2011

Wouldn't it be nice if humans would take this as a lesson and be as compassionate as these penguins??? It seems the animals are smarter than the human race ! hmmmmmm........RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES...coming soon to a theater near you.

[dennismcmh]

10:58 AM on 12/09/2011

HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE !!!!! Gay penguins???? How do we know they're not just two short Chinese gay guys in tuxedos??

[Billy C Gibson]

06:12 PM on 12/22/2011

idiot!

[ChaCubed]

03:22 PM on 12/13/2011

Thank you for the smile; maybe you can now begin to imagine what it's like to be gay and subjected to the damned heterosexual agenda every moment of every day.

[ChaCubed]

04:04 PM on 12/13/2011

The global anti-LGBT is what's being run off the rails.

*waves bye bye*

[SOD]

04:41 PM on 12/13/2011

I'm not anti gay any more than I'm anti black.

However, I am anti LGBT and anti NBPP.

[FormerlyTCnSRQ]

10:10 PM on 12/08/2011

vry smart of the Chinese....gay families can and should have a greater role to play in adopting the many kids that are available through no fault of their own...

[LeftLeanWing]

09:56 PM on 12/08/2011

is Marcus Bachmann a gay Penguin or is e just Fat Liberace..... ?

[Matt1964]

06:10 PM on 12/12/2011

I'm not sure who this is more offensive to; penguins or Liberace.

[LeftLeanWing]

09:52 PM on 12/08/2011

HP should do an expose on all the Furry Gay Bears......

[janetislight]

09:24 PM on 12/08/2011

So, gay animals willingly raise others of their species when the original parents can't. Maybe mother nature is wiser that we think.

[FormerlyTCnSRQ]

10:09 PM on 12/08/2011

the partners take great care of their young...

[janetislight]

12:19 AM on 12/09/2011

I understand. But if one is struggling another takes over. And who would be the most availabe but the gay of the species with no young.