Politician fumes over 'gay' elephant in zoo

[depakid]

A Polish politician has criticised his local zoo for acquiring a "gay" elephant named Ninio who prefers male companions and will probably not procreate, local media reported.

"We didn't pay 37 million zlotys ($15 million) for the largest elephant house in Europe to have a gay elephant live there," Michal Grzes, a conservative councillor in the city of Poznan in western Poland, was quoted as saying.

"We were supposed to have a herd, but as Ninio prefers male friends over females how will he produce offspring?" said Grzes, who is from the right-wing opposition Law and Justice party.

The head of the Poznan zoo said 10-year-old Ninio may be too young to decide whether he prefers males or females as elephants only reach sexual maturity at 14.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/politician-fumes-over-gay-elephant-in-zoo-20090414-a5cl.html

[ddeclue]

1. Perhaps he should take it up with the elephant in his cage?

like the woman at the Berlin Zoo?

:shrug:

I'm sure the "gay" Elephant isn't happy about being in his zoo either.

:P

[MADem]

2. Well, gee, maybe they can do a little insemination with old Ninio.

Or should I say YOUNG Ninio.

What an idiot.

I do like the fact that it's a gay elephant, though. Anything to annoy the right.

[Bigmack]

27. We're all just having fun with this post...

but....... insemination with Ninio's sperm? Who's gonna get the...umm.... sample.

Old joke: What's grey and comes in quarts?

answer: Elephants.

[petronius]

29. Oddly enough, there's a video:

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/animal-planet/35785-weird-true-and-freaky-elephant-artificial-insemination-video.htm

(Warning: prostate massage is involved. Also, somebody gets pooped on.)

:)

[NYC Liberal]

3. Since the elephant OBVIOUSLY chose to be gay...just convince it not to be

Right...right? Bueller? Right-wingers?

[napoleon_in_rags]

4. Haha! Nothin' but net on that one!

Maybe it was the exposure of the elephant to the liberal media. Something must be to blame for nature acting unnaturally.

[NYC Liberal]

5. Were they testing the Gay Bomb?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb

[napoleon_in_rags]

9. OMFG! Will the absurities never cease???

LOL! I don't even know what to say. I can't even make a joke about that, because there is nothing I can think of in this case MORE ABSURD than the reality of that. WOW! Just WOW.

[mwei924]

6. Many animals exhibit homosexual behavior in the wild.

Elephants are one. There's also lions, dolphins, giraffes and many others.

[depakid]

7. Domestic animals too

My old grey cat was gay.

No question about it.

[Lorien]

21. My big grey cat is a furry. He prefers the company of plush toys

over my male and female cats. Truly!





I guess that it's good to be reminded that Right Wing crazies exist outside of America, though I'm always amazed that there are enough of them out there to put some of their own in office!

[Lorien]

22. I think that over 6,000 species have been identified

though I can't remember where I read that statistic.

[Canuckistanian]

24. Lions? So there are gay prides?

:rofl:

[mwei924]

26. It's also common in hyenas apparently. The Lion King could've been a very different movie..

I think it's well-documented in about 500 species. For some, it's even more common than heterosexual activity like giraffes.

[Politicalboi]

8. The elephant's keeper is probably gay

Maybe the elephant saw them kissing and caught "the gay" :rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Pfft, it must have been something brought over from Iowa on the gulf stream. n/t

[Occam Bandage]

10. Well, his case might be moderately reasonable.

If the city made a significant investment in an elephant house with hopes of growing a herd, well, a gay elephant is not going to be very useful for that purpose. I'm not sure how well artificial insemination works with elephants, and I don't know a thing about elephant herd dynamics, so maybe the guy's got a point, I don't know. But I don't think any of us believe that's why he's really complaining.

Gay elephants are a bullet right in the heart of the "lifestyle choice" argument. Obviously the dude doesn't want little kids being taught that homosexuality occurs in *gasp* nature.

[Norquist Nemesis]

12. Oh no! Better speed dial Rick Warren ASAP!!! n/t

[sakabatou]

13. O NOES!!1111eleventy

[Toucano]

14. Free Ninio!

Actually, Ninio is supposed to live in the wild, not an enclosure so if you don't like him, set him free.

[Bucky]

15. This animal is an abomination!

It's a reminder that Republicans exist.

[depakid]

17. "It's a reminder that Republicans exist."

It surely is....



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(Couldn't resist).

[BoneDaddy]

16. I love the denial system in place with some of the responses

people are funny.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. Free Ninio!!!!

[BlooInBloo]

19. Holy Metaphors, Batman!

:rofl:

[originalpckelly]

20. What's a Log Cabin Republican doing in a Polish zoo?

:shrug:

[progressoid]

23. Heard this on the radio this morning.

:eyes:

[donheld]

25. Ted Haggard could have him cured in

3 weeks. Give him a call :D

[and-justice-for-all]

28. Michal Grzes. fuck off!

"Grzes, who is from the right-wing opposition Law"; don't need to know anything else.

[eridani]

30. They should just be grateful that Ninio wants to be gay with other elephants

A lot of animals raised in captivity imprint on zookeepers and wind up wanting to bat for the hominid team, so to speak.