After six years together, the relationship between a pair of gay male penguins at San Francisco zoo is apparently over, with Harry leaving Pepper for another penguin -- Linda.
The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that the relationship between Harry and Pepper, who lived side-by-side, protecting eggs abandoned by other penguins, came to a shocking end when Harry moved into a neighboring nest with recently-widowed Linda.
The reaction to the entire thing has been hilarious on the blogs, where Linda has been called a "home wrecker" who "lives for her own happiness, no matter who gets hurt."
Harrison Edell, a curator of birds at the zoo, said it's more about Linda's recently-deceased partner who was a leader of sorts among the small zoo penguin community, commanding not one but two nests.
"For penguins, real estate means a lot," Edell told the Los Angeles Times, so "as far as penguins go, she was a pretty attractive prospect." Indeed. But still a little slutty. Lil bit.
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Harry - "Gay? Nah, we were... (Below threshold)1. Posted by JLawson | July 20, 2009 4:36 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Harry - "Gay? Nah, we weren't gay."
Pepper - "Well, I was pretty happy... Oh, right. Well, you know, it's kind of dull here. Swim, eat the fish we get thrown, waddle around, sleep, swim... gets kind of boring after a few years, you know? No predators, three squares a day... you'd think they'd give us cable or something, maybe let us go to the beach once in a while, but no..."
Harry - "Or Disneyland. California's CRAWLING with tourist attractions. But do WE get to go?"
Pepper - "Uh, dude? WE were a tourist attraction."
Harry - "... Um, yeah. Did we get scale? A contract?"
Pepper - "We got all the fish we could eat."
Harry - "Yeah. You seen my waistline? Neither have I - it's covered by my belly. So anyway, we decided, we'd apply to take care of an abandoned egg. You know, the ol' 'Heather Has Two Daddies' gig. We figured it'd be something to do. I didn't think we could hatch a chick, but who knows?"
Pepper - "But this is San Francisco, man - they wouldn't let single parents adopt, so we had to become a 'couple'."
Harry - "And as a 'gay' couple, we went to the head of the line on leftover eggs."
Pepper - "I still say that was a hen's egg they gave us, just to watch us try to hatch it."
Harry - "Like you'd know a hen's egg if you saw it."
Pepper - "Yeah, well... But once Linda was out of mourning - well, hey, why try to hatch an egg when you can be makin' em?"
Harry - "Dude, you'll aways be my best friend. But a guy's got... urges, y'know?"
Pepper - "Yeah... Hey, she got a sister?"
1. Posted by JLawson | July 20, 2009 4:36 PM |
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Posted on July 20, 2009 16:36
2. Posted by Jessi | July 24, 2009 1:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Linda is just a hag who needs a rebound from her dead rich hubby--Fig.
Pepper, you can do better! :)
newsy.com/videos/when_harry_met_linda_a_look_at_animal_sexual_behavior
2. Posted by Jessi | July 24, 2009 1:49 PM |
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Posted on July 24, 2009 13:49
3. Posted by HMS Nerd | July 24, 2009 4:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
@JLawson HA! The media is missing the comedy as they try to make this thing serious: http://www.newsy.com/videos/when_harry_met_linda_a_look_at_animal_sexual_behavior
3. Posted by HMS Nerd | July 24, 2009 4:03 PM |
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Posted on July 24, 2009 16:03