Two Gay Penguins Get Chick

An aquarium in China has given a ‘gay’ penguin couple a newborn to raise as their own.

Twin baby penguins were born at Harbin Polar Land in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province at the end of November.

To ensure both babies were taken care of properly, staff decided to hand one of the newborns over to a ‘gay’ penguin couple.

This couple are notorious in the aquarium’s penguin community as they have been caught many times stealing eggs during the hatching season.

Penguin males have strong natural parenting instincts and, in the wild, share the incubating duties with females.

The news comes after it was revealed a gay African penguin couple at Toronto Zoo are to be separated to preserve their endangered species.

But the zoo has reassured everybody that Buddy and Pedro will be reunited in the spring after mating season is over.