Gay penguin couple adopts chick in German zoo

(Discover): When a heterosexual Humboldt penguin couple rejected their unhatched egg this spring, zookeepers at Germany’s Bremerhaven Zoo found a happy home for the abandoned egg in the nest of gay penguin pair, Z and Vielpunkt. “Another couple threw the egg out of their batch,” the zoo’s vet said in a statement. “We picked it up and put it in the nest of the gay penguins.” The couple then incubated the egg for more than a month before hatching a healthy chick that is now about four weeks old. Z and Vielpunkt have been caring for the chick just as a heterosexual penguin couple would, say animal experts.

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