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Originally Posted by DapperButch
Well, I am glad that the update is that the guys will be placed back together after they inseminate females.
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I dunno. I think this is where politics and ideology make themselves present in science. Have they explained why they've ruled out artificial insemination? Why do they need these two specific penguins to procreate? From what I've read about penguins and seabirds, long lasting relationships are very important to their social structure and its not uncommon for those relationships to be same-sex. It at least suggests a very close bond that I think is unnecessary to break up. The excuse that they're needed to impregnate females seems odd. Is artificial insemination not practiced on penguins or something? Are there no other male penguins about?