Gay Penguin Couple Adopted an Abandoned Egg in Berlin Zoo
Skipper and Ping are the two male king penguins currently living in the Berlin Zoo. The two had been transferred together from a zoo in Hamburg and it had been clear from the start that these two share a very strong bond, zoo spokesman Maximilian Jäger said.
In July, one of the female king penguins laid an egg which she abandoned and the gay penguins couple took it from there.
Maximilian Jäger said they are "behaving like model parents, taking turns to keep the egg warm" by nestling it on their feet under a flap of belly skin.
Gay penguins of either sex have been found both in the wild as well as in captivity.
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