Two penguins from the Berlin Zoo who are homosexuals and had gone to no avail to cover a stone can now hatch a real egg.
The zoo staff recently introduced the couple to an egg from another couple and the two penguins, Skipper and Ping, both 10 years old, began incubating it.
The egg came from a couple of heterosexual penguins who in recent years "did not get 100% agreement and had for that reason often damaged their eggs," said Norbert Zahmel, one of the zoo's guardians. hatching is carried out, it would be the first birth of a penguin at the Berlin Zoo for over 20 years.
Homosexual relationships between penguins are not uncommon
Homosexual relationships between penguins are not uncommon and are often seen in zoos and in the wild.
During the last Pride Week, as part of a campaign against discrimination, the London Zoo has deployed over the beach of its penguins a banner that proclaimed: "Some penguins are gay, you have to do it" .