> Howell said that same-sex partnerships are thought to be somewhat common among penguins, but what was different with Sphen and Magic was how they shared their

> Howell said that same-sex partnerships are thought to be somewhat common among penguins, but what was different with Sphen and Magic was how they shared their duties as parents. > "They took their individual [turns] on the nest, and they would go out and search for food, and then they’d come back and swap the care of the egg" So... where did they get the egg? Also, isn't this what penguins normally do? I thought at least emperor penguins did this regularly. Not sure about Gentoos. My guess is the quote is about normal penguin behavior and the journalist reported this wrong.