Saturday, October 13, 2018

Gay penguin couple are getting ready to raise a baby


Love is in the air as penguin breeding season begins at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia, and one adorable penguin couple is stealing the show. Two male gentoo penguins, Sphen and Magic, became inseparable in the Macquarie Island exhibit, the aquarium explained in a blog post. They were so successful at building a nest together and taking care of a dummy egg that the love birds were given a real penguin egg to incubate. SEE ALSO: Emotional support squirrel gets kicked off airplane Here's a quick look at Sphen and Magic and their nest: The duo has been spending a lot of time together, waddling around the exhibit and going for swims, but the clearest sign of their love was their nest. Gentoo penguins build nests with pebbles when they couple up, and Sphen and Magic gathered more pebbles than any other couple there, according to the aquarium. Read more... More about Penguins, Culture, Identities, and Animals source: https://mashable.com/article/same-sex-penguin-couple/ #Headlines by: Kellen Beck

Original Post: https://mashable.com/article/same-sex-penguin-couple/

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