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Two male penguins, Scampi & Flounder, are raising a chick together at Chester Zoo in the UK.
3883 upvotes, 122 comments. Yik Yak image post by popbase. "Two male penguins, Scampi & Flounder, are raising a chick together at Chester Zoo in the UK."
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Anonymous 3d

you're telling me even penguins have more play than me? damn...

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Anonymous 3d

Oh great. Can’t wait for the conservatives to start a fit over this. AGAIN

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Anonymous 3d

Animals stepping up more than humans, beautiful and not surprising

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Anonymous 3d

Penguins are happier then me and I’m angry

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Anonymous 3d

They are turning the PENGUINS GAY (this is a joke please don’t come after me)

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Anonymous 3d

Lmao #21 deleted his comments

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Anonymous 3d

pengrooms , like the book

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Anonymous 3d

BE WHO YOU AREEEE

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Anonymous 3d

🤨 … gay

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Anonymous 3d

PARKS AND REC REFERENCED

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Anonymous 3d

LOVE WINS

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Anonymous 3d

they’re putting pronouns in the water

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Anonymous 3d

Can’t believe nature went woke. On a serious note, congrats you beautiful birds!

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Anonymous 2d

I DON’T LIKE THEM PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT TURN THE FREAKIN PENGUINS GAY 🗣️🗣️🗣️🚨🚨🚨

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Anonymous 3d

these penguins are gay

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Anonymous 3d

Gayyyy

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Anonymous 1d

In case anyone was wondering, this is a thing in the wild, too. Homosexuality is well documented in many birds, penguins included. Same sex penguin couples perform sex acts on each other, build nests together, groom each other, and will show signs of extreme distress and grief when separated or when one of them passes away. They mate for life and because they can’t produce offspring of their own, they will often take in abandoned or orphan chicks, or sometimes even steal eggs of other couples.

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Anonymous 2d

Most the time homosexual behavior in nature happens when a species becomes extremely successful and has nothing better to do at that point doesn’t have to focus on survival as much.

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Anonymous 2d

We got gay penguins before gta 6

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Anonymous 2d

Are these the same gay penguins that stole the eggs from the lesbian penguins lmao

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Anonymous 3d

Then damm water making them frogs gay

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Anonymous 3d

Ok but who is the Top and who is the Bottom? I bets it’s Scampi w a name like that

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Anonymous 3d

https://youtu.be/HrHeKcZV7vA?si=GYOQSoJgoOZOzHMk

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Anonymous 3d

Happy pride month!

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Anonymous 2d

Gay

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Anonymous 2d

hell yeah they are

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Anonymous 2d

Gay

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Anonymous 2d

Gay asf

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Anonymous 1d

THEYRE MAKING THE PENGUINS GAY!!!

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Anonymous 1d

are these pay genguins

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Anonymous 14h

thats gay 🐧🏳️‍🌈🐧

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Anonymous 2d

There making the damn frogs gay!!!!!!!

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Anonymous 3d

Because of WOKE

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Anonymous 3d

Crazy how we focus so heavily on the rare sighting of two males coming together to raise a child when 95 percent of animals don’t do that. Then we have to ask ourselves why are they? Is it love? Penguins have natural parental instincts. They couldn’t care less if they did it alongside another male. But somehow this is an argument for same sex intimacy being a natural part of the living world.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

CAME HERE TO COMMENT THIS LMAO

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 3d

I can surely promise you we don’t care about gay penguins

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 3d

I love Matthew and Paul 😭😭😭

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Anonymous 3d

Holy cope

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Anonymous 3d

I think 2 males of any species count as gay lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 3d

Factually untrue

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 3d

It’s a joke guys, ik they both couldn’t have had the egg lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 3d

No it’s factually untrue that conservatives don’t care. Given a book about this exact situation was the big reason for all those book bans

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Anonymous replying to -> #16 3d

Ya…. Penguins understand wokeness

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Anonymous 3d

Bonobos, as well as over 1000 other species, are gonna blow your fucking mind.

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Anonymous 3d

Two males: *have penetrative sex* #21: “clearly this isn’t evidence of actual homosexual activity.”

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 3d

A little late for pride but oh well I’m down

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 3d

#21 was god crazy but couldn’t accept nature lol

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 3d

Funniest response to homophobia I’ve ever seen

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3d

HELP

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Anonymous replying to -> #29 3d

It literally is a part of the natural world

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 3d

Cap

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 3d
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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

Bro it’s a joke 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3d

At least amongst us queers

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Anonymous replying to -> #27 2d

Fashionably late, iconic

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 2d

What part? The part where two male penguins decide to raise a child. That is natural. Even though they may be trapped outside of nature in a cramped space where environment can change behavior… I guess that is somewhat natural because they are doing what they know. Now… Us relating and reasoning why and how they are doing it and applying it to our own relationships and ideas of natural love… that’s not natural.

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Anonymous replying to -> #29 2d

what about the homosexual animals that aren’t in a controlled environment?? why do you care sm about gay penguins

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Anonymous replying to -> #29 2d

Yes it is natural

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Anonymous replying to -> #29 2d

Actually penguins have been shown to exhibit this behavior in the wild too. Why choose a male penguin when they can choose a female to raise the baby with? Animals have been shown to exhibit queer behaviors however it is more rare as animals primarily have sex to reproduce

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 2d

Omg yasss

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Anonymous replying to -> #17 2d

Technically penguins aren’t naturally “gay.” They can’t tell the difference between other male and female penguins until they have sex, and penguins mate for life. “Homosexuality” in penguins is not comparable to homosexuality in humans

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Anonymous replying to -> #40 2d

Plus, now I could be wrong here, but, I don’t think there are lesbian penguins

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Anonymous replying to -> #40 2d

I believe in nature there are clear distinction between both sex’s in animals, and at least to animals they definitely would know the distinction in there own kind.

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Anonymous replying to -> #40 2d

no it definitely says that they can tell the gender apart, i don’t know where you got this from, maybe that we can’t tell them apart because the size difference isn’t that much. Plus there are lesbian penguins, Electra and Viola

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Anonymous replying to -> #25 2d

I love that I can come back to this post and see a new argument each time. Why do people care so much about 2 male penguins caring for an egg together. Like honestly there is more to argue about in the world. Let the penguins be

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Anonymous replying to -> #40 2d

They can tell the difference between other male and female penguins by scent and pheromones. That’s how animals usually identify species

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 2d

wrong person 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #42 2d

Elite reference

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 2d

“It immoral and sets a bad example” motherfucker they are PENGUINS. 🏴‍☠️ is a legend

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Anonymous replying to -> #43 2d

Way, way, wayyyyyy before 🦕🦤

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Anonymous replying to -> #16 2d

That "st" is doing heavy lifting for my psyche

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Anonymous 2d

Why do you wanna know the intimate activities of a penguin. That’s gross bro

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Anonymous replying to -> #20 2d

I’m asking an informative question to see whether or not these penguins are gay as implied by the person I asked or if they are simply cohabitating but have no sexual desire between each other as if they are roommates.

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 2d

Penguins will often raise each other’s eggs in a communal setting.

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 2d

So it’s not indicative of sexual attraction. Also, why would they randomly raise another penguin’s kid? If the chick one of the two male penguin’s offspring? Why would the mother or perhaps both parents just leave and/or randomly give their offspring to someone else? It’s one thing if every adult penguin in the group raises every child penguin in the group but this post implies a family structure.

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 2d

The male penguins will pair up and share signals of attraction in the same manner as a heterosexual penguin pair. You can kinda see it in the pic above.

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 2d

Including simulating reproduction/having sex? Also, whose chick are they raising? Did some mother or mother and father just abandon or give up their chick?

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 2d

omg give it a rest, penguins of the same sex actually do sexual acts together but I don’t know what that’s so validating for you when they also partake in mating rituals without the egg or fertilization so it’s so weird if you right now to even try to make it seem like they’re just roommates, deal with it that there are homosexual penguins.

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Anonymous replying to -> #25 2d

The point is intellectual honesty and scientific reality. If they do simulate reproduction/have sex then okay, but I was asking so I would know that smh

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Anonymous replying to -> #25 2d

45 probably thinks Achilles was just “special friends” with Patroclus

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Anonymous replying to -> #17 2d

So two guys who are roommates in an apartment must be gay? Smh. Also, did it say in Greek mythology that Achilles and Patroclus ever had a romantic or sexual relationship? If so, then yes they’d be gay, but if not then there’s no reason to think they are gay smh.

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 2d

So… have you actually tried researching the subject on your own or are you just gonna keep making arguments here?

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Anonymous replying to -> #42 2d

Context… I need the chemical’s names

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 2d

“They’re turning the frogs gay” - if u know, u know

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Anonymous replying to -> #29 2d

Crazy how religious people focus almost solely on the “sin” of being gay when they also say “all sin is equal in the eyes of god” but then go on to sin in so many other ways acting like they’re higher than thou 🤡🤡🤡

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 2d

I was asking a question on a post discussing the topic, then people start coming at me so I responded. If you don’t know the answer then just be like “idk, Google is your best shot” or something like that smh

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 2d

english and comm double major here: this is definitely untrue— that last sentence collapses your argument bc of the entire existence of the subjective experience and interpretive meaning of the written word

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 2d

And sapphos just had really close “gal pals”

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Anonymous replying to -> #17 2d

And they were roommates…

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Anonymous replying to -> #17 2d

It’s these chemicals they’re putting in the water. It also affects the frogs

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 2d

My god they were roommates!

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Anonymous 1d

why are you being homophobic towards penguins

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Anonymous replying to -> #49 1d

my brain just nutted at this lil blurb, beautifully written 🙏🏻

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 1d

OMG NIGGA DAMN 😭 WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW IF THEYRE GAY? THEYRE FUCKING PENGUINS. THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT GAY MEANS.

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Anonymous replying to -> #55 1d

LMFAO THANK YOU

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Anonymous 1d

I’m honestly at a loss as to why 45 has been so downvoted… it seems like they saw something that made them curious and want to know information, so they thought, “hey, might as well ask the OP/community if they know more about the penguins’ behavior, sexual and otherwise.” It seems to me like 45 was just trying to understand what was going on and why, which shouldn’t be offensive to anyone with any degree of patience. We all have different experiences and bodies of knowledge, so we have to…

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Anonymous replying to -> #57 1d

Thank you! Finally, someone who understands

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Anonymous replying to -> #57 1d

… accept that some people will not know things that we know, and might ask us for help in understanding the things we have knowledge on. So when someone asks a genuine question, either answer them politely or choose not to, but there’s no need to warp what they said or put them down for not being an expert on penguin behavior. To a layperson on animal/penguin behavior(me included), the questions 45 asked are valid!

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Anonymous replying to -> #57 1d

I suspect that some of the downvoters assumed that 45 was homophobic from the start, and never engaged with what they were really asking as a result.

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Anonymous replying to -> #57 1d

i'm just gonna leave this here, you can tell #45 was not coming from a place of wanting to have knowledge on it because they could've easily searched up if they had sexual relations, I have a low patience for any bigotry and them trying to debunk it and go back and forth and what they were saying also was a clear sign of them trying to go against it. Basically a place of trying to debunk it rather than learning something new.

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Anonymous 1d

What exactly did I say was homophobic? How is asking for clarification on a topic homophobic? How is intellectual honesty homophobic? Smh

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Anonymous replying to -> #54 1d

I’m not. What did I say was homophobic?

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 1d

Personally, I don’t think you’re homophobic. I’m just pointing out that if you want the nitty gritty on homosexuality in nature, there are plenty of scientific papers on the subject. I’ve read them, they’re good reading. I was (albeit rudely, I apologize) suggested you look elsewhere.

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 1d

This one’s abbreviated, but it’s an old favorite of mine.

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Anonymous replying to -> #25 1d

Honestly, I can’t speak to why 45 asked that question here rather than search for the answers on their own online. Perhaps they figured there was a community that might know more about penguins’ sexual and amorous behaviors who could answer their questions quickly without them having to do all that research theirself.

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Anonymous replying to -> #57 1d

In the Popbase comment section??? 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #57 1d

Googling takes 5 seconds 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #57 1d

Tbh it’s because I thought maybe OP or OC would know because they’d have the details so it would be more drive by than going to do the research myself separately. At least it was worth a shot

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Anonymous replying to -> #56 1d

It’s about the curiosity of the subject matter that someone brought up smh and if they willingly partake in homosexual activity that would make them gay or bisexual, how would it not?

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Anonymous replying to -> #49 1d

What exactly did I say was untrue?

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Anonymous replying to -> #58 1d

Yeah for dominance not like humans just stop 😂😂

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 1d

the last sentence, like i said

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Anonymous replying to -> #36 13h

Not exactly. It happens in more social species because their survival depends on strong communities. For that, you need a few members of the community that are childless and have free time to do things like guard areas or find the best feeding grounds or defend against predators. Also, they serve as great backup parents if one couple dies and another needs to take care of the kid. For species that take a lot of work to raise young, this is especially important.

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 13h

You think they made the penguins be gay? Weird asf ever heard of a foundling before? If not look it up it may help! Male Penguins almost always stay and sit on the egg while their partner goes and provides. Very opposite of our proposed reality yet you still feel the need to fit animals into the same box as humans. At the end of the day the baby penguin has parents and that's all that matters!

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Anonymous replying to -> #45 12h

Biologist here: penguins are known to be gay in the wild as well. They treat each other as mates. There is more to sexual interactions between individuals in the wild is more than sex and clearly you have no understanding of that

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Anonymous replying to -> ireallylikepancakes 12h

“It’s immoral” BITCH ITS NATURAL IT HAPPENS IN THE FUCKING WILD

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Anonymous replying to -> #29 12h

Penguins are also gay in the wild. This is basic common fucking biology

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Anonymous replying to -> #47 11h

Your view on religion has been tainted. It’s about acknowledging sin as sin. Those who are truly “religious” are truly repentful. They See the errors in themselves and all their earthly beliefs/ and possessions and understand they aren’t “enough” (as modern ideology would like you to believe) but need an intervener.

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Anonymous replying to -> #62 11h

I’m sure some are, but definitely not for the same reasons as we would think. It’s not lust or love. It’s instinct and confusion. I’m just trying to say we shouldn’t be comparing ourselves to penguins just because two decide to be together.

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Anonymous replying to -> #17 11h

My argument is not that it isn’t in nature that two male penguins come together I literally said “…to raise a child. That is natural EVEN though they may trapped outside of nature” and the second half was stating that environment can change behavior. MY point is that we can’t be relating the instincts and some of the behaviors penguins or any other animal to support our own beliefs on relationships. Dolphins rape, praying mantises eat their partners head, and many others hurt their mate

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Anonymous replying to -> #29 9h

Well you should tell that to them so they can stop verbally harassing and abusing others for their choice of beliefs. It’s insane that people think it’s ok to force their beliefs upon others who already told them to STOP. That’s called ignoring lack of given consent.

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