So here I am…updating Counton2.com and what do I see?
A headline on the CNN video service…WIDOW SPLITS UP GAY PENGUINS.
Curiosity got the best of me, and apparently you too!
This is the script that comes with the story:
THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO HAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MAGELLIANIC PENGUINS THIS
SIDE OF THE EQUATOR.
MORE THAN 50 OF THEM LIVE HERE AT PENGUIN ISLAND…
BUT THE MOST FAMOUS WERE HARRY AND PEPPER.
THE TWO MALE PENGUINS WERE A COUPLE FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS.
THE ZOO EVEN GAVE THEM AN EGG TO TAKE CARE OF. THAT EGG HATCHED AND THE TWO
RAISED THE CHICK LIKE ANY OPPOSITE SEX COUPLE WOULD.
THEY WOULD PREEN EACH OTHER’S FEATHERS AND LOUNGE AROUND IN THE BURROW THEY
SHARED.
BUT, ALL OF THAT CHANGED LAST BREEDING SEASON.
THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE TWO HAD SHARED, IT SEEMED, WAS OVER.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT HARRY AND PEPPER WERE BROKEN UP WHEN HARRY MOVED OUT OF THE
BURROW THAT HE HAD SHARED WITH PEPPER AND MOVED IN NEXT DOOR WITH LINDA.
LINDA WAS TOGETHER FOR YEARS WITH HER MATE, FIG.
BUT, FIG DIED, LINDA WAS AVAILABLE AND HARRY SWITCHED SIDES.
THAT’S HARRY AND LINDA LOUNGING TOGETHER.
SOON AFTER HARRY MOVED IN WITH LINDA THEY STARTED A FAMILY OF THEIR OWN.
LINDA LAID TWO EGGS AND THE NEW POWER COUPLE ON PENGUIN ISLAND WERE NOW A
FAMILY.
PEPPER WAS ALONE AND DEALING WITH HIS BACHELOR EXISTENCE
BUT, WAS IT REALLY OVER BETWEEN HIM AND HARRY?
WAS HARRY REALLY WITH LINDA NOW?
ONE AFTERNOON, PEPPER GOT HIS ANSWER.
“Pepper was probably just exploring burrows and checking out where his ex
mate had been but we were seeing some aggression from the pair towards him.“
PEPPER GOT THE MESSAGE AND NOW IT SEEMS THAT HARRY AND LINDA ARE HAPPY
TOGETHER, EATING FISH AND LAYING ON THE ROCKS AT PENGUIN ISLAND.
MEANWHILE, PEPPER STILL LIVES NEXT DOOR AND SEEMS TO BE ADJUSTING FINE.
THESE DAYS PEPPER IS JUST PLAYING THE FIELD AND SWIMMING AROUND.
