This cute story came across my Facebook feed this morning. I couldn’t resist sharing it! Bergen Aquarium in Norway reported yesterday on Facebook that a same-sex penguin couple had adopted an egg from another penguin couple. The other couple had three eggs, which is a little too many for them to handle. To improve the chances of it hatching the keepers gave one of the eggs to another couple consisting of two male penguins. The happy dads both have plenty of experience raising penguin babies as they’ve both had kids before. “They’re so-called late bloomers,” says an excited aquarium director to a Bergen newspaper.
The aquarium posted on their Facebook page:
To give the third egg the best chances possible we’ve chosen, in this modern day and age, to give it to a gay couple. They were very exited about the opportunity and immediately started caring for the egg. [Translated from Norwegian.]
They don’t know yet if there’s actually a chick in the egg, but we will know in about a month.
Feature image from Bergen Aquarium
THAT IS ADORABLE <3
Relevant: http://37.media.tumblr.com/ff8232212df19297b77446c7ad2d9992/tumblr_n0a72uIzRC1qewacoo2_500.jpg
I hope there is not a “chicken” in the egg! This poor little bird is going to have enough identity issues as it is!
Seriously though, the pictures of the proud daddies are adorable!
I wanted to leave a constructive and thoughtful reply to this, but they’re just too adorable. They’re penguins raising an egg and the other penguins don’t care that they are not a straight couple, I want to read that story in a children’s book now. OwO
I consider “adorable” a very thoughtful and accurate reply :)
It’s not about these specific penguins, but it’s the same basic story:
http://www.amazon.com/Tango-Makes-Three-Justin-Richardson/dp/0689878451
This is officially the coolest story I’ve heard this year. Thanks for that.