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Zookeepers in Toronto, while fascinated by male African penguins who appear to be a couple, even displaying signs of mating rituals, plan on splitting up the pair for the sake of captive breeding.
In case you are getting this confused with an episode of Parks and Recreation, you arent, this is real life:
Toronto Star:
They do courtship and mating behaviours that females and males would do, one keeper said in an interview.
Those behaviours include making a braying sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together. In fact when the Star visited the exhibit this week Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time.
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2011/11/07/zoo-to-split-up-‘gay’-canadian-penguins/
That would explain there love of Broadway musicals.
In case you are getting this confused with an episode of Parks and Recreation, you arent, this is real life:
Toronto Star:
They do courtship and mating behaviours that females and males would do, one keeper said in an interview.
Those behaviours include making a braying sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together. In fact when the Star visited the exhibit this week Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time.
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2011/11/07/zoo-to-split-up-‘gay’-canadian-penguins/
That would explain there love of Broadway musicals.
