Oh the Humanity..... The guy in the video sounds a little light in the loafers as well, i love how there is this push by gay people to say that these animals are exhibiting homosexual behaviour, as though it gives them some kind of credibility. I couldnt care less if two dudes want to be gay, but dont question my intelligence by pointing to two animals and trying to make the case that this behaviour is normal all throughout nature. My dog will fuck a stuffed animal does that mean that he has some sort of fetish for it, or he is to stupid to know what he is doing? <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gyob3yHVOgs?version=3&feature=player_embedded"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gyob3yHVOgs?version=3&feature=player_embedded" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object> Are Buddy and Pedro, two African penguins at the Toronto Zoo, gay? Not that thereâs anything wrong with that, but their keepers have noticed the two are inseparable, and perhaps most telling, theyâre showing signs of mating behaviours. There are other cases of gay penguins â zoos in New York, Japan, Germany and Sea World Orlando have seen examples. As part of an experiment a few years ago, Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at New Yorkâs Central Park zoo, incubated an egg together and raised the chick, named Tango, after she hatched. A childrenâs book about them called And Tango Makes Three was a smash best seller. But in Toronto, Buddy and Pedroâs relationship, however you describe it, is destined to come to an end soon because they have a duty. They have top-notch genes, so the zoo intends to separate them from each other and pair them with females for breeding. Given that African penguins are endangered, the move falls within a species survival plan among zoos. Buddy, 20, and Pedro, 10, are in Toronto as part of the popular African penguin exhibit that opened at the zoo in May. The two, bred in captivity, were part of a group of 12 penguins â six male, six female â that came to Toronto from zoos in the U.S. Buddy and Pedro arrived from Toledo, Ohio, where they formed a connection as members of a bachelor flock. Their relationship, referred to as âpair bondingââ in zoo speak, continued after they arrived here, say their zoo keepers. Scientists donât use the words gay or straight when it comes to sexual orientation in animals. During the day all 12 penguins generally swim and frolic together in their enclosure, which includes a massive pool with underwater windows for the public to view. But at night Buddy and Pedro pair off together. Every night. âThey do courtship and mating behaviours that females and males would do,ââ one keeper said in an interview. Those behaviours include making a âbrayingââ 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. Their relationship is somewhat of a delicate issue for the keepers to discuss with outsiders. But theyâve all noticed the pairâs bond, and talk about it among themselves. âThis is all new for us,ââ said another keeper, pointing out that the zoo hasnât had African penguins on display since 1993. âItâs a complicated issue, but they seem to be in a loving relationship of some sort,ââ says Joe Torzsok, chair of the Toronto zoo board. Itâs not unusual for some species of animals to exhibit homosexual tendencies. Giraffes, some dolphins and some monkeys are known to form same-sex bonds. The case of the Central Park penguins was similar to one at a zoo in Germany where two male penguins did the same thing. http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1081894--same-sex-penguin-pair-fascinates-zookeepers