Gay Penguins Prove That Love Is Winning (in the winged world as well)

Fifteen hundred or so species of animals — such as dolphins, sheep and those bisexual bonobos — have, let's say, gay tendencies. Same-sex romantic couples are particularly common among birds, in species from the albatross to the zebra finch. None, however, have quite captured our hearts like gay penguins.
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But these famous lovebirds weren't the first gay penguin couple — not even at their own zoo (that would be Georgey and Mickey, two lady gentoos). Documentation of penguin homosexuality (or, at least, heteroflexibility) goes back to 1911, when a British Antarctic expedition detailed the "depravity" of the Adélie penguins — though this scandalous report was only brought to light in 2012.


Wendell and Cass

It was love at first sight for Wendell and Cass, a dapper pair of African black-footed penguins who met at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The smitten, tuxedoed couple was simply "known for a tidy nest and enduring lust" before blood work revealed them both to be male, a zookeeper explained to Salon. Penguins, you see, cannot be sexed with the naked eye.


Buddy and Pedro

In 2011, the Toronto Zoo came under fire for separating Buddy and Pedro, male African penguin sweeties, to set them up with female penguins to breed. The following year, however, Pedro and his assigned partner did not produce eggs, while Buddy and his gal "built a nest that was too tight and accidentally smothered the chicks," The Star reported.


Missy and Penelope

The latest penguin celesbians are Missy and Penelope, two gentoo girls at a zoo in Ireland who turn their beaks up at the boys. Together, the couple tenderly cares for eggs that, sadly, aren't likely to hatch. Another amorous Sapphic penguin couple, Chupchikoni and Suki, have been happily nesting together at an Israeli zoo for years.

While Roy and Silo's dramatic breakup was all over the news, there's a lesser-known, happier ending to their story. Their daughter, Tango (who likely would not have been born without her adoptive dads), fell in love with another female penguin at the Central Park Zoo, Tanuzi. As far as we know, they have been together ever since.

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