Gay penguins break up

美国旧金山动物园一对相爱6年的雄性企鹅突然“分手”，其中一只雄性企鹅与一只丧偶雌性企鹅结成“新欢”。
美国《洛杉矶时报》17日报道，这对雄性企鹅分别叫做“哈里”和“佩珀”，6年来一直生活在一起，共同照顾被其他企鹅产下并遗弃的蛋。几天前，“哈里”突然离开“佩珀”，住进隔壁雌性企鹅“琳达”的巢穴。 　　
这一情感变故在因特网上引发不同反应。一些网友指责“琳达”“拆散别人家庭”，“不顾他人感受，只为自己快乐而活”。
动物园鸟科动物馆负责人哈里森·埃德尔说，“琳达”的“亡夫”是这家动物园中的企鹅首领，拥有两处巢穴。继承这些遗产的“琳达”自然在其他雄性企鹅中颇具吸引力。 　　
“地盘对于企鹅意义重大。”埃德尔说。

Harry and Pepper, the two male penguins who had shared a six-year relationship, have parted ways. Jeff Bush of KRON reports.



The San Francisco zoo has the largest collection of Magellanic penguins this side of the Equator. More than 50 of them live here at the penguin island. But the most famous were Harry and Pepper. The two male penguins were a couple for more than 6 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 had broken up when Harry moved out of the burrow that he 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, 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

“Unfortunately, Pepper, he was probably just kinda of 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 it seems to be adjusting fine. These days Pepper is just playing the field and swimming around.