Jul 122009
The story so far: Coupled since 2003 in the San Francisco Zoo, same-sex male partners Harry and Pepper nested together and even incubated an egg laid by another penguin. Female penguin Linda, who had some years earlier left her first mate for Fig (now deceased), hooked up with Harry and he moved in with her. Domestic violence occurred. The three quarreling penguins were separated by zoo authorities for a while, but eventually learned to get along. Harry and Linda successfully nested this year. Pepper seems fine with that now, but with the mating season coming up in August, things could change.
Photograph of Harry (left) and Linda by Cindy Chew. Go to original by Katie Worth, S. F. Examiner
July 12, 2009
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