Stephen Colbert Debuts 'Big Gay Round-Up' Segment: VIDEO

Stephen Colbert debuted a new 'Big Gay Round-Up' segment last night and took on the Defense authorization bill and its rule banning 'hot Navy seal on actual seal' sex, and the Toronto Zoo's 'ex-gay' penguins.

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Gay Penguins Buddy and Pedro Have Mixed Results in Female Breeding Attempt

Back in November I posted about the Toronto Zoo's plans to force gay penguin couple Buddy and Pedro to breed with females, a plan that was met with much objection from the general public.

So how did it go?

Less than 72 hours after the union ended, Buddy successfully paired with female Farai on November 19, said Tom Mason, curator of birds and invertebrates at the Toronto Zoo, at a press conference.

They bonded “very tightly” Mr. Mason said.

However, life after Buddy might not be as easy for Pedro, who has been courting female Thandiwey for several weeks but has made no permanent moves.

“Pedro is very ready to go, per se, but his prospective mate… is a little standoffish,” Mr. Mason said.

Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller Get Hysterical Over Gay Penguins: VIDEO

The ten-year-olds can't contain themselves.

MILLER: The one gay penguin’s name is Pedro. And here’s my problem: has anyone seen papers on Pedro? Is he even here legally for God’s sake?

O’REILLY: That was my question. Wait they --

MILLER: Listen, Billy. How do you even know when a penguin’s gay? Is their corner of the penguin habitat inordinately tasteful?

O’REILLY: No, they wear tight t-shirts.

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Marcus Bachmann Tries to Pray a Penguin's Gay Away: VIDEO

In Taiwan's Next Media Animation's fantasy of the Toronto gay penguin split, Marcus Bachmann gets involved and tries to pray their gay away.

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Zookeepers Say 'Gay' Penguin Split Has Noble Goal: Saving the Species

After a day of media headlines decrying the split of Toronto Zoo 'gay' penguin pair Buddy and Pedro, the zookeepers are speaking out about their decision to split them for breeding:

“The two girls have been following them; we just have to get the boys interested in looking at them...We have to keep an eye on the population all the time, because if we let things slide we could lose the population forever."

Approximately 60,000 African penguins live in the wild and the species is in danger.

The inseparable penguins will soon be back together, they reassure:

Pedro and Buddy’s separation will only last as long as they can inseminate their respective female partners. While incubating eggs, the two may well be back “side by side.” Once breeding season is up, Pedro and Buddy will “probably” ditch their female partners and reunite, said Bill Rapley, executive director for conservation, education and wildlife at the Toronto Zoo.

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Toronto Zoo Plans to Split Gay Penguin Couple, Force Them to Mate with Females: VIDEO [tr]

Toronto Zoo Plans to Split Gay Penguin Couple, Force Them to Mate with Females: VIDEO

Buddy and Pedro, a bonded, inseparable pair of African penguins at the Toronto Zoo, are going to be split by zookeepers inan effort to breed them, the Toronto Star reports:

They have top-notch genes, so the zoo intends to separate them from each other and pair them with females for breeding. Given that African penguins are endangered, the move falls within a species survival plan among zoos.

Buddy, 20, and Pedro, 10, are in Toronto as part of the popular African penguin exhibit that opened at the zoo in May. The two, bred in captivity, were part of a group of 12 penguins — six male, six female — that came to Toronto from zoos in the U.S. Buddy and Pedro arrived from Toledo, Ohio, where they formed a connection as members of a bachelor flock.

Buddy and Pedro pair off every night, the paper adds:

“They do courtship and mating behaviours that females and males would do,’’ one keeper said in an interview.

Those behaviours include making a “braying’’ sound, almost like a donkey, as a mating call. They defend their territory, preen each other, and are constantly standing alone together. In fact when the Star visited the exhibit this week Buddy emerged from the water, followed a few moments later by Pedro. The two huddled together for quite some time..

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(via buzzfeed)