This is kinda odd, but I guess it counts as a minor win for the gay community.
Gay flamingos pick up chick
LONDON (AFP) - A pair of gay flamingos have adopted an abandoned chick, becoming parents after being together for six years, a British conservation organisation said Monday.
Carlos and Fernando had been desperate to start a family, even chasing other flamingos from their nests to take over their eggs at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Slimbridge near Bristol.
But their egg-sitting prowess made them the top choice for taking an unhatched egg under their wings when one of the Greater Flamingo nests was abandoned.
The couple, together for six years, can feed chicks by producing milk in their throats.
“Fernando and Carlos are a same sex couple who have been known to steal other flamingos’ eggs by chasing them off their nest because they wanted to rear them themselves,” said WWT spokeswoman Jane Waghorn.
“They were rather good at sitting on eggs and hatching them so last week, when a nest was abandoned, it seemed like a good idea to make them surrogate parents.”
Gay flamingos are not uncommon, she added.
“If there aren’t enough females or they don’t hit it off with them, they will pair off with other males,” she said.
Source: Yahoo! News
A pair of gay flamingos have adopted an abandoned chick, becoming parents after being together for six years. Fred Phelps flying over to read The Bible out loud and get them to repent.
[And by the way, I place this news under... Parenthood.]
Tags: animals, gay, news, odd world, parenthood
man, this is cool .. great for them
by LiveJasmin (May 23, 2007 at 3 PM)sick, just plain sick…
by mooo (May 31, 2007 at 6 AM)What’s sick about it? That’s a very immature thing to think when it’s something that ocurrs naturally.
by Sailor Virgo (Jun 1, 2007 at 10 PM)What’s sick about it? That’s a very immature thing to think when it’s something that ocurrs naturally. At least the babies will live now that the two of them adopted them.
by Sailor Virgo (Jun 1, 2007 at 10 PM)