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“Gay” penguins spark protest

BERLIN (Reuters) - A plan by a German zoo to test the sexual appetites of a group of suspected homosexual penguins has sparked outrage among gay and lesbian groups, who fear zookeepers might force them to turn straight.

“All sorts of gay and lesbian associations have been e-mailing and calling in to protest,” said a spokesman for the zoo in the northwestern city of Bremerhaven on Friday.

He said the zoo concluded the penguins might be gay after seeing male penguins trying to mate with other males and trying to hatch offspring out of stones.

German media reported that female Swedish penguins would be brought to the zoo to test the theory, but when word got out about the plan, the phones started ringing.

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Well, everyone knows what hotties those Swedish penguins are …

Actually, the zoo theorizes that the behavior may the result of supply and demand — due to a lack of female penguins (thus: the tenuous link to our favored topics here at Independent Sources). So in a sense are they being ‘forced’ (Reuters’ word) into homosexual behavior, much like prison inmates? Who stands up for their right to roger any willing Swedish penguinette?

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