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A gay penguin couple kidnapped eggs from a lesbian penguin couple at a Dutch zoo and are trying to hatch them, Huffington Post reported on Thursday, October 22, 2020.
“Penguins typically share parenting responsibilities equally, so the work stays the same regardless of the pairing, as seen in other examples of same-sex penguin couples around the world. Earlier this year, gentoo penguins Electra and Viola welcomed a chick at an aquarium in Spain after successfully adopting, incubating and hatching the egg from another couple,” the story said (read it here).
Homosexuality occurs among many animal species, which shoots down arguments that it’s a human “behavior” that gay people choose, as opposed to a biological condition they’re born with.