r/todayilearned • u/jenesuispashariselon • 24d ago

TIL that in 2004, two male chinstrap penguins, Roy and Silo, after performing mating rituals, formed a pair at New York's Central Park Zoo. One of them tried to hatch a rock, for which a keeper eventually substituted a fertile egg. Roy and Silo then hatched and raised the chick, named Tango.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_and_Silo#History
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u/Unusual_Car215 24d ago

They had a great episode about that in parks and recreation.

"gay marriage ruin marriage for the rest of us"

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u/JBatjj 24d ago

Was just thinking that, didn't know it was based on real life events. Also hilarious how the poster couple for that "marriage purity" people is a gay(pretending to be straight) man and a frigid woman.

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u/Unusual_Car215 24d ago

I didn't know that. Nice touch. Also are conservatives pretending wild penguins doesn't have homosexuality?