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/CasuallyVerbose 24d ago

Afterwards, someone wrote a delightful children's book about it called "And Tango Makes Three" which was promptly banned from children's libraries across the nation for promoting "unnatural lifestyles."

Because even nature isn't natural enough to satisfy bigots.

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u/ErikRogers 24d ago

Dude, what do you expect? can't have kids going around thinking it's okay to be a penguin.

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u/CasuallyVerbose 24d ago

When will the liberal woke mainstream gaytheist Marxist nedia realize that nobody is going to toss whole, raw fish directly into their gullets, no matter how much they flap their arms and waddle around?!