{"id":17842,"date":"2017-04-27T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T10:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=17842"},"modified":"2017-04-27T10:34:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T10:34:16","slug":"elderly-penguin-moms-raising-chick-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/04\/elderly-penguin-moms-raising-chick-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Penguin moms are raising a chick together"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nA lesbian couple, who happen to be penguins, are raising a chick together at a New Zealand zoo. Thelma and Louise, have fostered the chick after its birth mother was left by her partner, leaving the bio-mom struggling to raise the chick.<\/p>\n
Handlers at Kelly Tarlton\u2019s Sea Life Aquarium<\/em> gave the egg to the couple and believe they make the perfect parents.<\/p>\n At 24, Thelma and Louise are very old to be parents, with the species having an average life expectancy of 15-20 years.<\/p>\n Of course, this is not the first story of gay penguins looking after chicks.<\/p>\n On a related note, two gay penguins in a Chinese zoo have been seen stealing eggs from straight couples.<\/p>\n