Nothing to do with Nurture?
May. 23rd, 2007 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
"In the idyllic setting of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge, 325 hectares of Gloucestershire wetland alive with water voles and dragonflies and the world's largest collection of swans, geese, and ducks, live a pair of gay flamingos named Carlos and Fernando.
Together for six years, they have raised three chicks after stealing eggs from other couples, feeding them by producing milk in their throats. This week, the pair were given the responsibility of raising a newly hatched flamingo that has been rejected by its mother."
Article from The Guardian.
Together for six years, they have raised three chicks after stealing eggs from other couples, feeding them by producing milk in their throats. This week, the pair were given the responsibility of raising a newly hatched flamingo that has been rejected by its mother."
Article from The Guardian.
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Date: 2007-05-23 12:37 pm (UTC)That's a really interesting article.
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Date: 2007-05-24 07:30 am (UTC)I have a cousin in Brasil who's a vet and a homophobe. I wonder sometimes if he was taught nothing about these occurences in nature.
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Date: 2007-05-24 02:57 pm (UTC)Good old wiki. Loved this article (good old Guardian) - though I'm sure there'll be letters of outrage about it in the Daily Mail on a slow news day soon
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:26 pm (UTC)there's also a pair of male penguins in the central park zoo that do the same.
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