Wednesday 21 August 2024

Broken-heart time, half of world-famous gay penguin couple dies.

 

Sphen (here left), the elder at 11 years, has died at their home in Sydney Sea Life Aquarium. His partner, Magic, younger by three years - and this will surely touch you, as it's brought myself to the edge of tears - was shown Sphen's body to help him know that his best friend will not return - at which he started 'singing' and was joined by other penguins in the colony. I'm now weeping!  Oh, cruel world!

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8 comments:

  1. Moving with Mitchell22 August 2024 at 01:09

    How moving!

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  2. Carol Caldwell22 August 2024 at 01:20

    That is so sad. I guess 11 years is good for a penguin though and in any partnership one has to go first. Still heartbreaking though.

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    1. Raybeard22 August 2024 at 01:46

      It's deeply affecting, Carol. Yes, he lived to a good average age for penguins (I've only just discovered). Our hearts go out to the one who's left behind bereft, very likely not understanding what's happened, poor thing.

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  3. Bob22 August 2024 at 04:26

    So sad; people never really think that animals feel love but here's the proof. Thanks for sharing this.

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    1. Raybeard22 August 2024 at 06:29

      Precisely right, Bob. Since I was a young boy I recognised that animals have emotions, and I'm sure they are felt no less keenly than we humans do. The additional pity I have is that, like human babies, they aren't able to express them, to explain and share them, which makes our own appreciating of that fact ever more necessary and valuable.

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  4. Ur-spo25 August 2024 at 20:05

    I remember hearing about these two birds. I heard more about thems on the Right howling about them even at the mention of them.

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    1. Raybeard26 August 2024 at 00:59

      It's bad enough to hear these right-wing crazies condemn we humans doing what is perfectly natural, but for them to have set their own version of 'morality' against another species really takes the cake. What next? - that animals should be made to live their lives abiding by what these clowns consider to be 'Christian values'? Sheesh!

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