Homosexuality In The Animal Kingdom
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted): Gay Flamingos Raise Born-Again Chick
A pair of flamingos have become proud foster parents after they took an abandoned chick under their wings at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. But this probably doesn’t sound unusual, until you know that the birds, Carlos and Fernando, are two male Greater Flamingos. Despite both being male, they had resorted to stealing eggs from other pairs as they sought to fulfil their desperate desire to start a family of their own.
Carlos and Fernando have been together for six years and are doing a fine job of raising their new chick. I’d love to hear the explanation fundamentalist “Christians” have for this kind of thing. Was it a “lifestyle choice” on the part of these two and the other homosexual flamingo pairs like them?
Read the entire article. It’s interesting how they helped Carlos and Fernando bond with the youngster.
Posted by RebeccaHartong on May 22, 2007 under Uncategorized

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