{"id":20977,"date":"2018-10-01T17:53:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T17:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=20977"},"modified":"2018-10-01T17:55:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T17:55:27","slug":"same-sex-penguin-couple-adopts-chick-neglected-by-bio-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/10\/same-sex-penguin-couple-adopts-chick-neglected-by-bio-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Same-sex penguin couple adopts chick neglected by bio parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/enguins10118.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1270\" height=\"712\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/enguins10118.jpeg 1270w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/enguins10118-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/enguins10118-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/enguins10118-1024x574.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>A male penguin couple snatched a chick from another pair of birds within their home at Denmark\u2019s Odense zoo this week. According to zookeeper Sandie Hedgeg\u00e5rd Munck, the couple decided the chick\u2019s parents weren\u2019t fit to look after the baby \u2014 and waited for the perfect moment to take action.<\/p>\n<p>The parenting scuffle went down while the baby penguin in question\u2019s parents went for a swim in the creatures\u2019 exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pets\/gay-penguins-kidnap-chick-straight-parents-neglectful\/\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One day later, the chick\u2019s biological parents wanted their baby back. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OdenseZOO\/videos\/2100354073563106\/\" target=\"_blank\">a video posted on the Odense Zoo\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, the parents can be seen confronting the baby\u2019s new adoptive family, who protectively nuzzled the chick in between their legs.<\/p>\n<p>After their encounter turned physical, the chick was given back to his biological parents, and the couple was rewarded for their paternal skills: They were given an egg from a female penguin that was unable to care for her child.<\/p>\n<p>Photo via Facebook<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments numposts=\"10\" width=\"425\" publish_feed=\"true\"><\/fb:comments><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A male penguin couple snatched a chick from another pair of birds within their home at Denmark\u2019s Odense zoo this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":20978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[13244,328],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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