Gay penguins hatch egg
13:42, 5 June 2009
BEIJING. June 5. KAZINFORM A gay penguin couple in a German zoo has hatched an egg that was rejected by its biological parents, and is rearing the chick, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
"Z and Vielpunkt, both males, gladly accepted their 'Easter present' and began straight away with hatching the egg," said the zoo in Bremerhaven Wednesday.
Joachim Schoene, a zoo vet, said: "A pair abandoned an egg by pushing it out of their nest and so we placed it in the care of the homosexual penguins.
"They accepted the egg immediately and took turns in incubating it with their body heat. They did this for 35 days and the baby was born on April 25.
The two daddies feed their offspring with fish mash that they chew up and regurgitate into its ever-open beak, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version.