The BBC has an article, entitled 'Gay penguins' rear adopted chick, about those gay penguins with the egg that we hear so much about. Except in this case they are two "gay" male penguins. The BBC, of course, likes to occasionally indulge in odd quotation ('North Korea' tests atomic bomb and the like), but where we have not just quotes, but two types of quotes, and two different subjects! (While in the body the penguins are allegedly gay, in the headline the birds are only allegedly penguins!)
I assume this is to fend off religious zealots outraged about the idea of gay penguins. Or, indeed, about the existence of <<'"penguins"'>>, as clearly God would not have designed something so ludicrous-looking.
The penguins are, apparently, quoted-gay males called Z and Vielpunkt. Sounds like a goth lesbian couple, quite frankly.
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