I figure if he mentions F (counts) four times himself in his columns, there’s no problem mentioning F here.
Who the hell is F?
This story made me immensely happy, too: it’s just silly on so many levels. And there’s not many stories involving penguins that aren’t silly, mind you, but this one is extra-silly.
That said, I suspect that if North Carolina’s Zoo turned up with gay penguins, the protests would me more along the lines of not displaying them in public, lest children be corrupted.
Daniel
If yer so good at counting, how many times does he mention “P”?
David Feldman. His Imponderables books do what the Straight Dope does, though (IMO) not as well. Also not as surly, of course, but that’s part of Unca Cece’s charm…
How would anyone know, unless they were playing “Y.M.C.A.” on the overhead speakers?
I was thinking the only thing that could really make me side with the protesters was if the zoo didn’t have the proper capacity and resources to house another four penguins and was doing this despite these conditions. But that is so hypothetical and out there and against zoo protocols that I doubt it could ever be true.
So much for playing devil’s advocate.
Oh effing effing crap, I just outed Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. I’m really sorry!
Don’t tell the FotF & Dobsonites, OK?
Actually, they are bears. They’ve been reclassified out of the raccoon family.
Then they are definately the gayest bear (previous holder of the title being the spectacled bear).
If you put “gay bear” into google, you get some images that would make an uncouth grizzly bear proud.
As it happens I once put the phrase “gay otter” into google. That was an informative experience.
Looking for 'ot gays, were you?
As it happens I was looking for a gay otter - a real one. There’s one in a zoo in scotland. I had no idea that it had another meaning.
Oh good og!
Will the gay activists please stop with the gay animal thing?
puhleeze.
I wonder if there are any mammals out there that display no homosexual behaviors. I’ve seen some pretty randy homo dogs; I hear sheep and goats sometimes swing the other way; our primate cousins certainly have queer members; and bonobos in particular are way past bi-curious. But are there any completely hetero hairy beasts like us extant? It might be interesting to find out, if so, why.
The obvious solution is of course to bring along some bi sexual penguins. 
the only thing about putting in the female penguins, is that if they do go back to mating with females, it will just add fuel to the fire of groups like FotF that homosexuality is a choice.
I certainly wouldn’t agree with them, but it’s one possible extrapulation of the possible results.
I’m just wondering how long the scientists at this zoo spent on their breeding program before they decided to have female penguins taking part. Not that that’s a bad thing.
Tris
Could the penguins simply be short-sighted?
How do they tell which sex they are?