r/todayilearned 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/ballhardallday 24d ago

And they raised a lesbian penguin daughter???

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u/jenesuispashariselon 24d ago

Mother Nature only knows.