LONDON (AFP) - A pair of gay flamingos have adopted an abandoned chick, becoming parents after being together for six years, a British conservation organisation said Monday.
Carlos and Fernando had been desperate to start a family, even chasing other flamingos from their nests to take over their eggs at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Slimbridge near Bristol.
But their egg-sitting prowess made them the top choice for taking an unhatched egg under their wings when one of the Greater Flamingo nests was abandoned.
The couple, together for six years, can feed chicks by producing milk in their throats.
"They were rather good at sitting on eggs and hatching them so last week, when a nest was abandoned, it seemed like a good idea to make them surrogate parents."
Gay flamingos are not uncommon, she added.
"If there aren't enough females or they don't hit it off with them, they will pair off with other males," she said.
2007-05-22 03:06:13 · 20 answers · asked by Tegarst 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Yes & I think that it's a wonderful story. It just goes to show that gay parents make great parents
2007-05-22 03:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by gitsliveon24 5 · 8⤊ 1⤋
This leaves me wondering several things...
1) what kind of abuse did these flamingo birds suffer as chicks? They had to have been molested
2) at what point did they make a choice to be gay? Do you think that they were merely confused as adolescents?
3) does the rest of the flock cast stones and damn them to Disneyland hell?
4) I, personally, am worried about ther agenda as parents..they obviously are raising all these chicks to be Gay Flamingos...or would that be Flaming Flamingos?
5) Are fundies picketing the park yet? If not, they soon will be.
Good luck and peace...cute write up.
2007-05-22 05:29:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I just did! They are so pretty. I love flamingoes. I even have some plastic ones in my postage stamp of a backyard.
Thank you for posting this wonderful article.
And look at some flamingoes in the National Zoo!
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/
2007-05-22 03:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What's the question?
2016-05-19 22:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is adorable! Hooray for the gay flamingos!
2007-05-22 03:53:54 · answer #5 · answered by FTW 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Penguins have been known to exhibit the same behavior.
2007-05-22 03:46:17 · answer #6 · answered by Corey D. 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Thats the cutest story ever, see....even animals are gay.
2007-05-22 03:21:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Fantastic story and very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
2007-05-22 03:13:38 · answer #8 · answered by ☮ wickey wow wow ♀♀ 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
aww, this is sooo cute, and who said god didn't make gay people, he made gay animals
2007-05-22 03:11:19 · answer #9 · answered by Danielle 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
That seems about right.
2007-05-22 03:21:57 · answer #10 · answered by JY. 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋