On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:31:33 -0700, Paul Brandon > >Of course, this was a century ago -- now it would lead the press release.
You, sir, are correct. After it was discovered that two male penguins in the Central Park Zoo were living the "love that dare not say its name" (see: http://www.abouthomosexuality.com/gay-penguins.pdf ) a "re-orientation" of views about such behavior has commenced, as evidenced by the following article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755458611000065 and http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=krucJF9TrAgC&oi=fnd&pg=PA126&dq=gay+penguins&ots=xhkjo2H5qZ&sig=S3peWAWCRvkzYaRaaMIQyG4k-B8#v=onepage&q=gay%20penguins&f=false However, before we all join in to sing "Happy Together", we must acknowledge that love, even the love that animals have for each other, does not last forever; see: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/giant-turtles-fall-out-of-love-after-115-years.html Then again, that involves straight turtles. Gay turtles might be different. ;-) >And it sounds like Levick was doing the tap dancing ;-) I have this image of Levick looking through different sources trying to find an alternative word to necrophilia and, after failing, trying to figure out how to keep his readers from anthropomorphizing about the motivation of the penguins. A problem, I'm sure, we still have today. 1/2 ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] On Jun 11, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Michael Palij wrote: > Ever start a research study and observe such perverse sexual behavior > that you had to write the naughty bits in Greek in order not to offend the > tender sensibilities of the reader? > > Yeah, me neither. > > But George Levick in his observation of Adelie penguins was so shocked > by their behavior that he published the naughty parts in a separate pamphlet > with a limited number of copies. One of these copies have been discovered > and the research has be published in the journal "Polar Record". One > popular account of the research is here: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18370797 > Another is here: > http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2012/june/penguin-sex-habits-study-rediscovered-at-museum110510.html > > For London Tipsters, here's a quote: > > |One hundred copies of Levick's 4-page pamphlet were printed > |but only 2 are known to still exist. > | > |Levick's original unbound pamphlet is looked after at the Museum > |at Tring in the ornithological (bird) collections. His notes, which are > |part of a private collection, as well as Adélie penguin specimens > |he collected from Cape Adare, are on display in the Scott’s Last > |Expedition exhibition at the Museum in London. > > I can't wait for Disney or someone to make a film about this but > I bet that the happy Penguins won't be tap-dancing. ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18346 or send a blank email to leave-18346-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
