December 26, 200421 yr Researchers find 'gay penguins' From correspondents in Tokyo December 25, 2004 RESEARCHERS have found a number of same-sex pairs of penguins at aquariums in Japan, with an imbalance between the numbers of male and female birds suspected to be the cause, a report said. A research group led by Keisuke Ueda, professor of behavioral ecology at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, found about 20 same-sex pairs at 16 major aquariums and zoos, Kyodo news agency said. Penguins in captivity ?may be more likely to form same-sex pairs? due to the difficulty of finding partners of the opposite sex because breeding facilities in Japan only have an average of 20 birds, the agency quoted Mr Ueda as saying. It is not known if the frequency of homosexuality is higher than in the wild, where telling the sexes apart is tough, he said. Many of the gay male pairs and two of the female pairs were seen performing mounting behavior, it said. Mr Ueda was not available for comment on the report. Agence France-Presse The obvious question arises, do the penguins choose to be gay or are they borne that way? unavaliable for comment
December 26, 200421 yr Don't be gay, Sparky, don't be gay. 642922[/snapback] LoL....couldn't hold back the South Park reference, now could we?
December 27, 200421 yr This is actually very normal behavior for animals in captivity who do not have opposite sex partners available. This is not news at all, what would be news is if there were an equal number of each sex, and two members of the same sex would still choose to 'mate' Then it would be a stir. The situaiton in the article is simply the biological need for sexual gratification needing to be satisfied and having no one to do it with
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