Pimpy the Penguin

Ok, I wasn't going to come out of my non-blogging hole with just anything so when I heard reference to this on the radio this morning, I just had to share it. A little something for posterity's sake...

Penguins engage in what seemingly amounts to prostitution.

Female penguins require rocks to build their nest. Evidently these rocks are a scare commodity in Antarctica. Because of this, female penguins secretely abandon their lovers in order to offer their "services" to other single penguin males. After they've done the do, the male pays the female with some pebbles from his stock. The female drags the pebbles back home and continues working on her nest.

It doesn't always have to be sex. Often a little cuddling is enough for the female to be able to collect her pebble. Fiona Hunter, a zoologist, once watched a female collect 62 pebbles without getting laid. That's gives new meaning to "getting your rocks off" I guess.

I always thought there was something a bit strange with these birds. They can't fly and they choose to live on a huge ice-cube.

Now, I find out they're 'hos to boot. It's too funny for words.