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![]() Towards the end of the season, as the weather warms, there is a danger of the penguins’ simple stone nests becoming flooded and drowning their eggs in meltwater, so the females go on the hunt for fresh pebbles to shore up their parental investment. They are the southernmost breeding of any bird and gather in vast crowds at the start of each summer to nest along the edges of the Antarctic Peninsula. Nearly a third of female Humboldt penguins cheat on their partners, often with members of the same sex.Īnd then there are the Adélie penguins, one of the only animals on the planet to have turned to prostitution.Īdélies are your classic, knee-high cartoon penguin. Even penguins that appear to stay together may not be as faithful as they seem. Galapagos penguins, which live as far north as the equator, are the most faithful, with 93 percent of pairs reuniting each season. This makes the penguin’s mission to procreate less pressurized, so they can spend more time seeking out last year’s partner. Penguin divorce rates do tend to lower as you travel north from Antarctica, where warmer weather allows for a more flexible breeding season. Dotty and Zee, two males at the Bremerhaven Zoo in Germany, recently celebrated their 10th anniversary together and have even adopted a chick together. ![]() Same-sex penguin partnerships have been particularly well documented in zoos, with some couples becoming famous for flying the rainbow flag. Monogamy, when it does occur, can be a rainbow-colored affair. They must instead try to locate their previous year’s partner by shuffling around in a massive scrum and yelling. They do, however, have a reasonable excuse: Since they carry their eggs around on their feet, there is no nesting site and therefore no obvious rendezvous point to meet a mate at the start of each breeding season. The worst offenders are those “romantic” emperors, with a whopping 85 percent switching partners from one year to the next. PENGUINS ARE PROMISCUOUS Adélie penguins AFP/Getty Images Here are three creatures who get a thorough reexamination, excerpted from her book. It’s safe to say you’ll never look at many beasts the same way after reading Cooke’s entertaining new tome. Others less so - bats engage in oral sex eels are cannibals and then there are those pervy penguins. Many findings are cute: Moose get boozed up on fermented fruits hippos make their own SPF lotion. This is one of the many disturbing realities revealed in “ The Truth About Animals” (Basic Books) by zoologist and documentary filmmaker Lucy Cooke. They skipped over this fact in “Happy Feet,” but here’s the truth: Some penguins are full-blown sexual psychopaths who engage in prostitution, pedophilia and even necrophilia. Thieving groundhog ‘Chunk’ taunts filmmaker farmer in up-close footage: ‘So much swagger’ Inside the ‘Tarzan Movement’: Defy modern life by embracing your inner gorilla Zeus, the world’s tallest dog, has front leg amputated due to cancer ![]() Couple demand refund after 13-hour flight ruined by farting, whiny dog ![]()
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