Incredibly Caring Gay Penguin Couple Hatch A Second Neglected Egg After The Zookeepers Notice Them Trying To Hatch A Rock
InterviewMeet Sphen and Magic, the only same-sex couple at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, who first bonded two years ago. It was around that time when the two were given a spare egg to hatch after they’d been hatching a rock.
Fast forward to today, their firstborn Lara is now out and about enjoying her adult life, but Sphen and Magic still have their parental instinct kicking.
And now the Aquarium’s “power couple” has made everyone happy again by becoming proud dads for the second time. “If one of our pairs has too many eggs or are not good at looking after their eggs, we will sometimes foster these eggs out to other pairs like Sphen and Magic. We gave Sphen and Magic an egg to incubate as they have proven to be good parents in the past,” the Aquarium’s spokesperson said.
The staff described the pair as “attentive” and “incredibly caring,” which just makes them the most lovable penguin parents out there.
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Meet Sphen and Magic, the adorable gay penguin couple from the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium
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And they got some very exciting news—the pair just became proud adoptive dads to their second chick
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The aquarium’s staff that specialize in penguins witnessed Sphen and Magic’s blossoming relationship that started back in 2018. They used to take swims together and wouldn’t part. Soon after the breeding season started, the couple began collecting stones for their love nest.
It was then that the staff noticed they were trying to hatch a rock and gave them a dummy egg to care for. Sphen and Magic left everyone so impressed by how well they cared for that egg that the members of staff decided they were ready to foster a real egg on their own.
Sphen and Magic were given another egg to hatch after they successfully hatched their previous newborn Lara
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
And the proud dads welcomed this beautiful tiny chick to their family!
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
To find out more about Sphen, Magic, and their newborn, Bored Panda reached out to the penguin team at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium.
It turns out, when the penguins are young and learning to make nests and incubate eggs, the staff watch to see who is really picking it up, who sits on the nest in the proper position, who takes turns alternating with their partner on the nest, etc. As for Sphen and Magic, they nested together in 2018 and showed lots of positive signs that they would be able to incubate an egg.
“So when we needed a foster couple, they were an obvious choice. After the success Sphen and Magic had incubating and raising Lara 2 years ago, we knew that if we needed to foster another egg, they would be a great option.”
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Same-sex pairings like Sphen and Magic are very common in the animal kingdom with approximately 450 species exhibiting same-sex behavior. The penguin team at Sydney Aquarium explained that same-sex couples and courtship are a lot more common in nature than most people realize.
“Penguins, including Gentoo penguins, are among the many species in which male-male or female-female pairs occur frequently. Adopting of eggs in the wild can occur with an abandoned egg; however, it is likely that this egg could be infertile, which is why it has been left.”
“Females will also mate with males before returning to their female-female pair and subsequently lay an egg that the females both raise. In human care, they have proven to be wonderful parent options and will care for and nurture their egg and chick as if it were their own.”
The Aquarium’s spokesperson described Sphen and Magic as “attentive and incredibly caring”
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
If one of the penguin pairs at the Aquarium has too many eggs or are not good at looking after them, the staff gives the eggs to Sphen and Magic to foster
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
When it comes to hatching a chick, the parent birds do develop a special bond with their children. “The parent birds treat the chick as their own. They lovingly feed it, keep it warm, and defend it from any passersby.”
For example, Sphen is the epitome of a proud, protective dad. “Recently, Sphen and Magic’s chick has grown big enough to start taking short trips away from the nest, exploring the environment. Sphen followed the chick closely on these little expeditions, guiding it and protecting it from anyone that the chick might wander up to.”
Take a look at the footage of how the lovely family is doing so far
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
At this moment, Sphen and Magic are having a much-deserved break after all the effort they have put into raising the chick. “The chick is now big enough that it has joined our creche. In the wild, at this age, the chick’s rapid growth becomes so demanding that both parents must leave the chick behind and go to sea together to feed. The chicks all huddle together in a creche to wait for their parents to return.”
“During this time, the keepers are having beautiful bonding time with the chicks. Once their adult feathers have come through fully, we will have the extremely fun job of teaching them to swim, before they graduate and get to join the colony full-time.”
And this is what people had to say about the caring penguin dads
Homosexuality is natural and is in many different animals. We should respect the LGBTQ+ community at all times.
Yes natural and we all should respect, but 450 species (maybe more if more study is done) is far from "almost all animals". Currently described are about 1.5 million, with about 10.000 new descriptions every year.
Load More Replies...At least, we definitely don't have homophobes in animals ' nature, only in humans.
Definitely LGB, but are there actually any T’s in the animal kingdom lol
No, actually. Clownfish and some other animal species change their sex but that doesn't mean they're transsexual. It's part of their natural life cycle. (And no, I'm not transphobic, I'm ftm myself)
Many animals can change their sex (but no animals really have a gender)
@Snake of Eden – Well, gender is a self-concept, so highly-evolved sentient animals such as dolphins, gorillas, crows, parrots, perhaps even our own dog and cat friends, may actually have gender identities that we don't know about. I've been pondering on that lately, it's really interesting!
I'm quite sure that animals don't have time to think about things like identity etc., since they're very much occupied with survival. As for cats and dogs - there's no scientific evidence that they are sentient. PS: The common narrative is that "gender" is a "social construct". It can't be a "self-concept" at the same time.
Gayness is far from unnatural. Many non-human animals display homosexuality in the wild. Plus, these two and other gay penguins have been seen performing mating rituals with each other, even without an egg present. Plus I believe the whole reason these two were given an egg is because they had been trying to hatch rocks together.
@Anon Ymous – Homophobia is as abnormal as it gets. You definitely don't see _that_ in the natural world! Meanwhile, homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality are everywhere in nature.
And this, dear children, is how come Mother Nature provided us humans with Rainbow people. For the survival of the species!
*LOL* at "personal choice" 😹 As if heterosexuals 'choose' their orientation too!
*bursts through a wall* GAYS??? AND PENGUINS??? BEST COMBO EVER!!!!! (and before anyone makes homophobic comments, hundreds of species have plenty of gay couples, so f*ck off)
There's a good chance you've seen a lesbian pigeon.
Load More Replies...About a quarter of black swan relationships are gay, and they steal eggs from females, which I think is hilarious
I have a lesbian pigeon couple in my yard. They like to foster chick's that fell fom nests.
@Bacony Cakes and @Charlie Hyduk – How do you tell male and female pigeons apart? I can't see any differences personally, so I am curious to know. I didn't think pigeons have any sexual dimorphism...
@Morgan Leigh That's just sad that they steal eggs from females. Poor mother swans.
@TheSneakyNinja – Yeah, I thought that at first, but at least swans lay many eggs, not just one or two. So _hopefully_ the originally parents won't notice and get upset! Also, sometimes there are lost or orphaned cygnets that try to find new parents, but this usually can't happen, because most adult swans (at least the heterosexual ones studied) are extremely hostile toward unfamiliar children. I hope some of these same-sex couples might be amenable to adopt these poor lost babies, and give them a loving home!
@HerBlock, every country has more kind people than idiots. Guess which category you fall in.
Haha I love it! Homosexual animals are normal. Just as it is in humans. No matter the gender.
Load More Replies...@HerBlock many members of the lgbtqoa+ community risk our LIVES being who we really are. We know that death is a thing because some of us get DEATH THREATS every day. We are called f**s and faggets so often it's not even funny. The name f*g/fagget comes from in the 80's when it was not illegal to kill someone because they are gay, strait people would roll us up into carpets and burn us alive. The f-slur is like the n-word, but for the lgbtq+ community.
"in the 80's when it was not illegal to kill someone because they are gay, strait people would roll us up into carpets and burn us alive" => In which country? In the western world killing people was illegal in the 80s.
The f-slur was bleeped out on this when I posted it, that is how bad that word is.
@HerBlock. Love is good, beneficial, and worth celebrating, regardless of gender.
Awwwwww, Gay means happy and I’m very happy for you! Gay also means different love, but it’s still ❤️. Happy gay penguins are happy penguins!
Oh honey no..... if you go up to google right now and look up "gay meaning" it says word for word "Homosexual Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term was originally used to mean "carefree","cheerful"" emphisis on USED TO. So, now, it does not mean happy, it means GAY meaning HOMOSEXUAL!
@TheGayPandas – Well, the archaic term for happy still exists from the olden days, in very old songs such as 'Deck the Halls' ("Don we now our gay apparel"), 'Old Black Joe' ("Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay"), and 'Jamaica Farewell' ("Down the way where the nights are gay, and the sun shines daily on the mountain tops"). But you're right that most people don't use it in that context nowadays in everyday conversation. You might occasionally hear it in the dialogue of period dramas on TV ("He was in a high-spirited mood, most gay!"). :)
I never knew you had the capacity to love (I'm kidding, you're awesome and you loved Lily)
honestly not to start the Harry Potter discourse but Snape was kind of obsessed with lily in a really unhealthy and toxic way... no offense to anyone who likes Snape I just dont like him
Everyone has their own opinion...you probably shouldn't have said that in front of Snape himself though.
Homosexuality is completely normal in ALL species no matter the gender. Only people are so hung up on it that its ridiculous.
That's because the Abrahamic religions wanted more bodies, so it became anathema. Prior to that, humans seldom cared. It was a fact of life.
Load More Replies...Normal = norm. Homosexuality is perfectly fine, but it never is the norm. Also, ~450 animal species display homosexual behaviour, which is a tiny part of the animal kingdom, not "ALL" species.
I f*****g love this. Its so positive and heartwarming. And best of all, there arent any homophobes in the comments :)
Herblock, who is not liked by the straights either (well, one straight). I like to think of peoples sexuality as glitter! Some people have gay love, others have ‘I like the other kind’ love in their heart, and other people have no love in their heart (monsters, not asexuals, they have a different way of loving)
Just think about this geniuses,if there were only homosexual couples,Soon there would be no more couples
Hello? @Herblock? Kindly f*ck off. We don't want to listen to your homophobic crap. And to answer to you comparison to murders, Really? Murder is taking an innocent humans life. Homosexuality is still love between humans. It doesn't matter what their race, gender, or sexual orientation is. IT. IS. STILL. LOVE.
Just because you don’t feel love in your heart doesn’t mean they shouldn’t
Load More Replies...This is what humans need to be like, accepting of all genders and colors and heritage.
This might be my favorite animal article ...i hear lgbtq+ i came running
Dmt donuts stfu please that has nothing to do with this. Male gay couples can do that too. Females as well. One goes for food, the other protec.
Load More Replies...Some people just need to gtf over themselves. Really, I find gay/bi/trans/etc. people generally cool even tho i don't understand everything.
thank u, sometimes we dont understand ourselves either, so its totally fine
Load More Replies...@Debra Robinson – Yes, you see, that's the important thing! You don't necessarily have to _understand_ everything about something in order to hold a loving and accepting attitude towards it. The comprehension somtimes comes slowly over time, as you become familiar with that concept by getting to know more people who embody it. :) And doing some reading on the internet, and watching videos that explain it, etc.
smal factoid from my dad: Every animal species on this earth has gay animals and its completely fine. : D
there is a great book about this but it's a different penguin couple: And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell! Also very cute article :D
Tango Makes Three was actually banned bc it had gay penguins :((((((( even tho it was soo heartwarming.
Load More Replies...@Herblock there is literally only one species with homophobes. Your not validated at all. Frick off.
This is beautiful! A family and love story! I never understood nor understand why adoption agencies anywhere, look down on same sex couples! They deserve to be patents also! And like the penguins, make better patents and provide a loving and nurturing family for kids! Love IS love and family doesn’t have to be blood. Love and family happens when you care so much, and love i conditionally , and pass this lesson on. There is nothing un natural , about a dame sex couple being parents. Nothing. Thank you, for sharing Sphen and Magic’s wonderful love story!!
and yet homophobes think being gay isn't natural, well it is. So, checkmate!
These gay penguin dads are better parents than a lot of humans out there. Deadbeat parents: take note.
I mean, we can always take a page from Anakin Skywalkers book and have “aggressive negotiations”
Load More Replies...@Commander Rex – LOL, examples: "I find your lack of tolerance disturbing." 👿 "You have oppressed me for the last time!" 😈
Omg this is so cute and inspiring, gay penguins? Who would have thought, and it's awful that we humans call our selves highly intelligent when some ppl think that homosexuality is bad, and the penguins are gay...
Isn’t this the story that inspired the children’s book “tango” or something like that?
I love that they are such I happy family idk why people always are rude cause LGBTQ+ it’s a cute little fam
So cute! Love that adorable penguin couple 💕 Didn’t actually know that there were LGBTQ+ animals.
@DMT Donuts: You seem to be very confused and homophobic. Please read this article about Sphen and Magic to clear up the misconceptions you're spouting. https://www.visitsealife.com/sydney/whats-inside/sphen-and-magic/
The Straights™️: "Gay couples can't raise kids as well as straight couples!" Sphen and Magic: Lara: Am I a joke to you?
You can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hands Like the rules that govern our land Strong enough to rule the heart of every man, this thing called love It can lift you up, it can put you down Take your world and turn it all around Ever since time nothing's ever been found stronger than love (Johnny Cash)
WOW, didn't know homosexuality was something spread across species like this. very much approval!
this is amazing! the fact that we are reluctant to accept each other for these things is kinda dumb and we need to move on. LGBTQ+ for the win here!
I love penguins.. and these guys, my goodness..amazing job and hatching ans caring for your babies and they are all such adorable little creatures! I would love to go there someday
This. I think this is the cutest thing I’ve seen in my whole life
There's one glaring omission in all these stories... do the two male penguins engage in intercourse with each other? If they don't, they're not gay, they're just two bachelor penguins who are lifelong nestmates raising a kid together.
@Nikki Owens – Perhaps they are homoromantic asexuals? (Not all gay men have intercourse.)
@Noah Olivas – Well, because they are both male, and courted, bonded, and nested together.
Were only screaming because we haven't been heard for the past ever <3
oh, sure, you support homosexuality. and yet. you are spouting. homophobia. Kindly f**k off.
Load More Replies...Uh, there are gay lions, and pigeons, and cats, and dogs, and birds, the list goes on
It's sad your mind goes there right away. Maybe you could do some research and read about it instead of typing out that negative view. Love is absolutely expressed in other species. These two courted for a while, they found each other trinkets, rocks, and toys to show their affection. They would spend hours singing together until they matched each others voice. They call out for each other and come running. They sit and watch sunsets together. They have completely bonded as a couple and spend everyday together on their own. It really wasn't that hard to search and read about it.
Load More Replies...https://www.thespruce.com/examining-bird-emotions-386439#:~:text=While%20the%20range%20of%20emotional,seen%20in%20many%20wild%20birds.&text=Birds%20that%20mate%20for%20life,just%20as%20human%20mates%20will. So you can educate yourself :)
Yeah, so other girls can date them! :D ( well other genders can too, there’s lots of combinations! ^^ )
Load More Replies...Aurora, the ability to speak doesn’t make you intelligent, second, are you that desperate?
yea but homosexual behaviors have been observed in over 1,500 species, and no species has been proven to not be able to be gay, except for those that don't reproduce sexually at all. Scientists know when animals are genuinely acting as a mated pair, and this has happened so many times in so many species. For example, 8% of rams are gay, 90% of giraffes are gay/bi, and even bugs have been seen engaging in homosexual behaviors!
Load More Replies...True, but there is a species of lizards with asexual reproduction and only females are left. They still mate. Lesbian lizards. L E S B I A N L I Z A R D S.
Calm down, small brain. Go bathe in your “freedom” some more. Waste of oxygen.
Load More Replies...Mike_Thaimei That's a horrible thing to say. LGBTQ are amazing people. Homophobics like you, on the other hand...
Ok Mike, listen up. Rainbow is the color of the original pride flag, which is generally associated with gay people but also serves as a flag for the entire community. So actually, rainbow has a lot to do with the LGBTQ+ community. And as for your lovely, LOVeLY comment calling queerness a "LGBTXYZ mental r******tion", f**k off. Go eat some McDonalds or something. No one wants you here. You're just a degenerate, useless small-dicked abhorrent incel shitbag who can't even operate a microwave. I say this with complete confidence: If I was a disgusting, fraudulent, flat-assed dickwad like you, I would have completely isolated myself so no one had to be subjected to my insurmountable s**t-pastry nonsense. Here's a little advice: get your head out of your own ass, change your diaper, and shut the f**k up, you little fuckheaded dickbat.
Yeah. We will Edward, as long as it means pissing off homophobic republicans such as yourself. Also- don't come crying to me when your God sends you to hell because you're discriminating against people in his name. God loves EVERYONE.
Edward, you're completely right! The day I realized I was gay, Satan himself appeared before me and swore a blood oath that he would teach me all his wicked ways, including but not limited to homosexuality, abortion, science, witchcraft, knitting, and murder.
oop, barb holland you used too big of words for him, would you mind dumbing it down for the poor homophobe?
Mr Hara, please refer me to where in the Bible, god himself (or Jesus Christ, or the Holy Spirit) said being gay was wrong, exactly like that, or you can’t marry the same gender. Can’t find it? Then go back to your echo chamber and waste somebody else’s mind.
yeah Edward, y'all homophobes need to chill the heck out, so shut ya homophobic mouth and go sing some country songs.
Homosexuality is natural in five hundred different species, homophobia is only found in one. Clearly this is not the article for you, so please leave and have a nice day.
Load More Replies...to the bitch named Peter Weir actually you must realize that animals can have sex with who they will, when they will and without consideration to a researcher's ethical principles." Homosexual behavior is found amongst social birds and mammals, particularly the sea mammals and the primates.
I’m pretty sure nothing, they tried to hatch a rock, I’m pretty sure only couples hatch eggs, and guess what? They hatched eggs together, therefore, couple, and likely the cutest couple every.
Homosexuality is natural and is in many different animals. We should respect the LGBTQ+ community at all times.
Yes natural and we all should respect, but 450 species (maybe more if more study is done) is far from "almost all animals". Currently described are about 1.5 million, with about 10.000 new descriptions every year.
Load More Replies...At least, we definitely don't have homophobes in animals ' nature, only in humans.
Definitely LGB, but are there actually any T’s in the animal kingdom lol
No, actually. Clownfish and some other animal species change their sex but that doesn't mean they're transsexual. It's part of their natural life cycle. (And no, I'm not transphobic, I'm ftm myself)
Many animals can change their sex (but no animals really have a gender)
@Snake of Eden – Well, gender is a self-concept, so highly-evolved sentient animals such as dolphins, gorillas, crows, parrots, perhaps even our own dog and cat friends, may actually have gender identities that we don't know about. I've been pondering on that lately, it's really interesting!
I'm quite sure that animals don't have time to think about things like identity etc., since they're very much occupied with survival. As for cats and dogs - there's no scientific evidence that they are sentient. PS: The common narrative is that "gender" is a "social construct". It can't be a "self-concept" at the same time.
Gayness is far from unnatural. Many non-human animals display homosexuality in the wild. Plus, these two and other gay penguins have been seen performing mating rituals with each other, even without an egg present. Plus I believe the whole reason these two were given an egg is because they had been trying to hatch rocks together.
@Anon Ymous – Homophobia is as abnormal as it gets. You definitely don't see _that_ in the natural world! Meanwhile, homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality are everywhere in nature.
And this, dear children, is how come Mother Nature provided us humans with Rainbow people. For the survival of the species!
*LOL* at "personal choice" 😹 As if heterosexuals 'choose' their orientation too!
*bursts through a wall* GAYS??? AND PENGUINS??? BEST COMBO EVER!!!!! (and before anyone makes homophobic comments, hundreds of species have plenty of gay couples, so f*ck off)
There's a good chance you've seen a lesbian pigeon.
Load More Replies...About a quarter of black swan relationships are gay, and they steal eggs from females, which I think is hilarious
I have a lesbian pigeon couple in my yard. They like to foster chick's that fell fom nests.
@Bacony Cakes and @Charlie Hyduk – How do you tell male and female pigeons apart? I can't see any differences personally, so I am curious to know. I didn't think pigeons have any sexual dimorphism...
@Morgan Leigh That's just sad that they steal eggs from females. Poor mother swans.
@TheSneakyNinja – Yeah, I thought that at first, but at least swans lay many eggs, not just one or two. So _hopefully_ the originally parents won't notice and get upset! Also, sometimes there are lost or orphaned cygnets that try to find new parents, but this usually can't happen, because most adult swans (at least the heterosexual ones studied) are extremely hostile toward unfamiliar children. I hope some of these same-sex couples might be amenable to adopt these poor lost babies, and give them a loving home!
@HerBlock, every country has more kind people than idiots. Guess which category you fall in.
Haha I love it! Homosexual animals are normal. Just as it is in humans. No matter the gender.
Load More Replies...@HerBlock many members of the lgbtqoa+ community risk our LIVES being who we really are. We know that death is a thing because some of us get DEATH THREATS every day. We are called f**s and faggets so often it's not even funny. The name f*g/fagget comes from in the 80's when it was not illegal to kill someone because they are gay, strait people would roll us up into carpets and burn us alive. The f-slur is like the n-word, but for the lgbtq+ community.
"in the 80's when it was not illegal to kill someone because they are gay, strait people would roll us up into carpets and burn us alive" => In which country? In the western world killing people was illegal in the 80s.
The f-slur was bleeped out on this when I posted it, that is how bad that word is.
@HerBlock. Love is good, beneficial, and worth celebrating, regardless of gender.
Awwwwww, Gay means happy and I’m very happy for you! Gay also means different love, but it’s still ❤️. Happy gay penguins are happy penguins!
Oh honey no..... if you go up to google right now and look up "gay meaning" it says word for word "Homosexual Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term was originally used to mean "carefree","cheerful"" emphisis on USED TO. So, now, it does not mean happy, it means GAY meaning HOMOSEXUAL!
@TheGayPandas – Well, the archaic term for happy still exists from the olden days, in very old songs such as 'Deck the Halls' ("Don we now our gay apparel"), 'Old Black Joe' ("Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay"), and 'Jamaica Farewell' ("Down the way where the nights are gay, and the sun shines daily on the mountain tops"). But you're right that most people don't use it in that context nowadays in everyday conversation. You might occasionally hear it in the dialogue of period dramas on TV ("He was in a high-spirited mood, most gay!"). :)
I never knew you had the capacity to love (I'm kidding, you're awesome and you loved Lily)
honestly not to start the Harry Potter discourse but Snape was kind of obsessed with lily in a really unhealthy and toxic way... no offense to anyone who likes Snape I just dont like him
Everyone has their own opinion...you probably shouldn't have said that in front of Snape himself though.
Homosexuality is completely normal in ALL species no matter the gender. Only people are so hung up on it that its ridiculous.
That's because the Abrahamic religions wanted more bodies, so it became anathema. Prior to that, humans seldom cared. It was a fact of life.
Load More Replies...Normal = norm. Homosexuality is perfectly fine, but it never is the norm. Also, ~450 animal species display homosexual behaviour, which is a tiny part of the animal kingdom, not "ALL" species.
I f*****g love this. Its so positive and heartwarming. And best of all, there arent any homophobes in the comments :)
Herblock, who is not liked by the straights either (well, one straight). I like to think of peoples sexuality as glitter! Some people have gay love, others have ‘I like the other kind’ love in their heart, and other people have no love in their heart (monsters, not asexuals, they have a different way of loving)
Just think about this geniuses,if there were only homosexual couples,Soon there would be no more couples
Hello? @Herblock? Kindly f*ck off. We don't want to listen to your homophobic crap. And to answer to you comparison to murders, Really? Murder is taking an innocent humans life. Homosexuality is still love between humans. It doesn't matter what their race, gender, or sexual orientation is. IT. IS. STILL. LOVE.
Just because you don’t feel love in your heart doesn’t mean they shouldn’t
Load More Replies...This is what humans need to be like, accepting of all genders and colors and heritage.
This might be my favorite animal article ...i hear lgbtq+ i came running
Dmt donuts stfu please that has nothing to do with this. Male gay couples can do that too. Females as well. One goes for food, the other protec.
Load More Replies...Some people just need to gtf over themselves. Really, I find gay/bi/trans/etc. people generally cool even tho i don't understand everything.
thank u, sometimes we dont understand ourselves either, so its totally fine
Load More Replies...@Debra Robinson – Yes, you see, that's the important thing! You don't necessarily have to _understand_ everything about something in order to hold a loving and accepting attitude towards it. The comprehension somtimes comes slowly over time, as you become familiar with that concept by getting to know more people who embody it. :) And doing some reading on the internet, and watching videos that explain it, etc.
smal factoid from my dad: Every animal species on this earth has gay animals and its completely fine. : D
there is a great book about this but it's a different penguin couple: And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell! Also very cute article :D
Tango Makes Three was actually banned bc it had gay penguins :((((((( even tho it was soo heartwarming.
Load More Replies...@Herblock there is literally only one species with homophobes. Your not validated at all. Frick off.
This is beautiful! A family and love story! I never understood nor understand why adoption agencies anywhere, look down on same sex couples! They deserve to be patents also! And like the penguins, make better patents and provide a loving and nurturing family for kids! Love IS love and family doesn’t have to be blood. Love and family happens when you care so much, and love i conditionally , and pass this lesson on. There is nothing un natural , about a dame sex couple being parents. Nothing. Thank you, for sharing Sphen and Magic’s wonderful love story!!
and yet homophobes think being gay isn't natural, well it is. So, checkmate!
These gay penguin dads are better parents than a lot of humans out there. Deadbeat parents: take note.
I mean, we can always take a page from Anakin Skywalkers book and have “aggressive negotiations”
Load More Replies...@Commander Rex – LOL, examples: "I find your lack of tolerance disturbing." 👿 "You have oppressed me for the last time!" 😈
Omg this is so cute and inspiring, gay penguins? Who would have thought, and it's awful that we humans call our selves highly intelligent when some ppl think that homosexuality is bad, and the penguins are gay...
Isn’t this the story that inspired the children’s book “tango” or something like that?
I love that they are such I happy family idk why people always are rude cause LGBTQ+ it’s a cute little fam
So cute! Love that adorable penguin couple 💕 Didn’t actually know that there were LGBTQ+ animals.
@DMT Donuts: You seem to be very confused and homophobic. Please read this article about Sphen and Magic to clear up the misconceptions you're spouting. https://www.visitsealife.com/sydney/whats-inside/sphen-and-magic/
The Straights™️: "Gay couples can't raise kids as well as straight couples!" Sphen and Magic: Lara: Am I a joke to you?
You can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hands Like the rules that govern our land Strong enough to rule the heart of every man, this thing called love It can lift you up, it can put you down Take your world and turn it all around Ever since time nothing's ever been found stronger than love (Johnny Cash)
WOW, didn't know homosexuality was something spread across species like this. very much approval!
this is amazing! the fact that we are reluctant to accept each other for these things is kinda dumb and we need to move on. LGBTQ+ for the win here!
I love penguins.. and these guys, my goodness..amazing job and hatching ans caring for your babies and they are all such adorable little creatures! I would love to go there someday
This. I think this is the cutest thing I’ve seen in my whole life
There's one glaring omission in all these stories... do the two male penguins engage in intercourse with each other? If they don't, they're not gay, they're just two bachelor penguins who are lifelong nestmates raising a kid together.
@Nikki Owens – Perhaps they are homoromantic asexuals? (Not all gay men have intercourse.)
@Noah Olivas – Well, because they are both male, and courted, bonded, and nested together.
Were only screaming because we haven't been heard for the past ever <3
oh, sure, you support homosexuality. and yet. you are spouting. homophobia. Kindly f**k off.
Load More Replies...Uh, there are gay lions, and pigeons, and cats, and dogs, and birds, the list goes on
It's sad your mind goes there right away. Maybe you could do some research and read about it instead of typing out that negative view. Love is absolutely expressed in other species. These two courted for a while, they found each other trinkets, rocks, and toys to show their affection. They would spend hours singing together until they matched each others voice. They call out for each other and come running. They sit and watch sunsets together. They have completely bonded as a couple and spend everyday together on their own. It really wasn't that hard to search and read about it.
Load More Replies...https://www.thespruce.com/examining-bird-emotions-386439#:~:text=While%20the%20range%20of%20emotional,seen%20in%20many%20wild%20birds.&text=Birds%20that%20mate%20for%20life,just%20as%20human%20mates%20will. So you can educate yourself :)
Yeah, so other girls can date them! :D ( well other genders can too, there’s lots of combinations! ^^ )
Load More Replies...Aurora, the ability to speak doesn’t make you intelligent, second, are you that desperate?
yea but homosexual behaviors have been observed in over 1,500 species, and no species has been proven to not be able to be gay, except for those that don't reproduce sexually at all. Scientists know when animals are genuinely acting as a mated pair, and this has happened so many times in so many species. For example, 8% of rams are gay, 90% of giraffes are gay/bi, and even bugs have been seen engaging in homosexual behaviors!
Load More Replies...True, but there is a species of lizards with asexual reproduction and only females are left. They still mate. Lesbian lizards. L E S B I A N L I Z A R D S.
Calm down, small brain. Go bathe in your “freedom” some more. Waste of oxygen.
Load More Replies...Mike_Thaimei That's a horrible thing to say. LGBTQ are amazing people. Homophobics like you, on the other hand...
Ok Mike, listen up. Rainbow is the color of the original pride flag, which is generally associated with gay people but also serves as a flag for the entire community. So actually, rainbow has a lot to do with the LGBTQ+ community. And as for your lovely, LOVeLY comment calling queerness a "LGBTXYZ mental r******tion", f**k off. Go eat some McDonalds or something. No one wants you here. You're just a degenerate, useless small-dicked abhorrent incel shitbag who can't even operate a microwave. I say this with complete confidence: If I was a disgusting, fraudulent, flat-assed dickwad like you, I would have completely isolated myself so no one had to be subjected to my insurmountable s**t-pastry nonsense. Here's a little advice: get your head out of your own ass, change your diaper, and shut the f**k up, you little fuckheaded dickbat.
Yeah. We will Edward, as long as it means pissing off homophobic republicans such as yourself. Also- don't come crying to me when your God sends you to hell because you're discriminating against people in his name. God loves EVERYONE.
Edward, you're completely right! The day I realized I was gay, Satan himself appeared before me and swore a blood oath that he would teach me all his wicked ways, including but not limited to homosexuality, abortion, science, witchcraft, knitting, and murder.
oop, barb holland you used too big of words for him, would you mind dumbing it down for the poor homophobe?
Mr Hara, please refer me to where in the Bible, god himself (or Jesus Christ, or the Holy Spirit) said being gay was wrong, exactly like that, or you can’t marry the same gender. Can’t find it? Then go back to your echo chamber and waste somebody else’s mind.
yeah Edward, y'all homophobes need to chill the heck out, so shut ya homophobic mouth and go sing some country songs.
Homosexuality is natural in five hundred different species, homophobia is only found in one. Clearly this is not the article for you, so please leave and have a nice day.
Load More Replies...to the bitch named Peter Weir actually you must realize that animals can have sex with who they will, when they will and without consideration to a researcher's ethical principles." Homosexual behavior is found amongst social birds and mammals, particularly the sea mammals and the primates.
I’m pretty sure nothing, they tried to hatch a rock, I’m pretty sure only couples hatch eggs, and guess what? They hatched eggs together, therefore, couple, and likely the cutest couple every.
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