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Gay birds of a feather parent together at Israeli zoo Dashik and Yahuda, two male vultures, have raised two baby birds From Correspondent Jerrold Kessel JERUSALEM (CNN) — Zoo keepers involved in an ambitious breeding program for endangered Griffin vultures are getting a helping hand from a vulture couple that, ironically, doesn’t breed. Keepers noticed that Dashik and Yahuda, two male vultures at Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, had built a nest together and were mating. So they decided to give the couple an artificial egg to see what would happen. "They were sitting incubating perfectly," said the zoo’s head keeper, Itzik Yadid. "If they are incubating so good, sharing between the two of them, the next step will be obviously to give them a chick to raise." So far, Dashik and Yahuda have raised two baby birds, Diva and Adi Gordon, with results that exceeded expectations "We’re very proud of them. We think they’ve done a marvelous job," said bird keeper Sharon Sterling. "They’ve behaved extremely well, the best parents we’ve ever seen." Keepers had initially thought about separating Dashik and Yahuda and trying to bring in a female to create a heterosexual vulture couple. Dashik and Yahuda were given a chick to raise after they were given an artificial egg to incubate "And then we said, ‘Why should we do it? If they are together, if they are raising a chick together, why should we separate them?’" Yadid said. "So we decided to let them stay together and keep raising chicks together." There is a reason beyond mere curiosity for seeking parenting help from the gay vultures. Normally, female Griffin vultures lay only one egg a year. But if the egg is taken from the mother, she will lay a second egg, a process known as "double clutching." So by providing suitable surrogate parents for the eggs that are taken, bird keepers can increase the number of vultures that are bred. Griffin vultures, once a common sight in the Mideast, have nearly disappeared. The zoo is trying to reintroduce them through the breeding program. Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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We had a pair of male Zebra finches that were together for over 10 years. They nested & "mated" regularly. No matter how many single females we put in the cage with them, they weren’t interested. We never tried giving them eggs to sit on though. They even died within a few months of each other. It was kind of sweet. –P Visit Melanie’s Room Science, animals and stuff for Kids http://www.interlog.com/~rees/melaniesroom
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Both our sun conures and lovebirds (all females) nest and "mate" regularly. They take turns sitting on the eggs and bring food to each other. Meanwhile our Goffins (male and female) are strictly platonic. I guess the breeder was right when she offered us Nick. In the years he was with her (he’s 18 now) he only had one bird he was interested in…..Fred. Gayle and Chris <a href=http://www.angelfire.com/ny/gaydar/feathered.html>you can check out our flock here.
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This looks like a clear case of one of those "prison relationships", brought about by inadequate availability of a proper heterosexual mate. The male birds should be split up and put with proper female birds. I doubt that the babies they are raising will grow up to have proper behavior. Ian Kerfoot The Banyan Tree Homepage http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4287
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I hope that was said with your tongue planted firmly in your cheek. — Spanky "But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here."
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> I hope that was said with your tongue planted firmly in your cheek.
So do I. — Marco -Voodoo Man For Hire- Auntie Emme: Hate Kansas, Hate the weather, taking the dog… Love, Dorothy.
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go get ‘um, J!! — Spanky "But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here."
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Sure wish you guys would post the original message so those of us who haven’t seen it would know what you are talking about! I’ve been on vacation and missed this one. :-( — Mary Sparky’s Homepage is the place to go if you want to learn about the grey Congo! "www.neta.com/~tarnold/sparky.html" "She was not quite what I would call refined, "She was not quite what I would call unrefined, "She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." Mark Twain
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This looks like a clear case of one of those "prison relationships", brought > about by inadequate availability of a proper heterosexual mate. The male birds > should be split up and put with proper female birds. I doubt that the babies > they are raising will grow up to have proper behavior. > Ian Kerfoot > The Banyan Tree Homepage > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4287
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>Sure wish you guys would post the original message so those of us who >haven’t seen it would know what you are talking about! I’ve been on >vacation and missed this one. :-( >– >Mary
Please let us know exactly when you were on vacation so that everything you missed can be reposted for you. Would you like the reposts in chronological or alphabetical order? Better yet, try deja.com and put a little tiny-bit of effort into getting the original post, rather than have us hand feed it to your ever-widening fat ass. The one, the only, the original Mr. Jynx ( MJ )
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> Sure wish you guys would post the original message so those of us who > haven’t seen it would know what you are talking about! I’ve been on > vacation and missed this one. :-(
Don’t worry, Mary. I don’t think you missed much. It was about a couple of bonded male birdies who are incubating some fertile eggs and they were labelled "gay". What a crock! I am the furthest thing from a gay basher ever born, but when people start calling critters "gay" and when they talk about critters "having sex" or "trying to breed my arm", I go ballistic. Andee
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>original post, rather than have us hand feed it to your ever-widening fat ass.
So how do you know her ass is fat? She could possibly have a skinny ass, you never know. Denise Lane The Busy Bride – Wedding Invitations, Accessories & More!
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> So how do you know her ass is fat? > She could possibly have a skinny ass, you never know.
It is the "ever widening" part that hit close to home!!!!!! (Besides, I have not heard anyone criticizing Jennifer Lopez’ big wide bubble butt! No men, that is!). Andee
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> It is the "ever widening" part that hit close to home!!!!!! > (Besides, I have not heard anyone criticizing Jennifer Lopez’ > big wide bubble butt! No men, that is!).
You tell a man that he has a big ass and he’ll just tell you that you can’t drive a stake with a tack hammer. <VBG> Dan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Andee
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> You tell a man that he has a big ass and he’ll just tell you that you can’t > drive a stake with a tack hammer. <VBG> > Dan
I’d never heard that one. I think you made it up just now! It’s hilarious. Andee
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MJ has an ass for a head, so he doesn’t really have a fair perspective. Kellie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->original post, rather than have us hand feed it to your ever-widening fat ass. > So how do you know her ass is fat? > She could possibly have a skinny ass, you never know. > Denise Lane > The Busy Bride – Wedding Invitations, Accessories & More!
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Here’s an assicon for a wise ass: (_o^^o_) Perhaps we can start using this in place of his name when referring to him. LOL — Mary Sparky’s Homepage is the place to go if you want to learn about the grey Congo! "www.neta.com/~tarnold/sparky.html" "She was not quite what I would call refined, "She was not quite what I would call unrefined, "She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." Mark Twain
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> MJ has an ass for a head, so he doesn’t really have a fair perspective. > Kellie > >original post, rather than have us hand feed it to your ever-widening fat ass. > So how do you know her ass is fat? > She could possibly have a skinny ass, you never know. > Denise Lane > The Busy Bride – Wedding Invitations, Accessories & More!
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