Gay vultures adopt an egg abandoned by its mother at Zoo
Gay vultures adopt an egg abandoned by its mother at German zoo... and are trying to incubate it themselves in a nest they've built
Male couple ISIS and Nordhorn have taken abandoned egg under their wing
It was dropped on muddy ground under a tree by griffon vulture called Lisa
The egg was entrusted to the couple who 'promptly sat on it' to incubate it
Parentage is not known and keepers aren't sure yet whether it is fertilised
Birds of a feather: Gay vultures ISIS and Nordham are seen in their compound at Nordham Zoo where they have adopted an egg abandoned by its mother in the hope of incubating the chick and raising it themselves
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A pair of gay vultures have adopted an egg abandoned by its mother at a zoo and are trying to incubate it themselves in a nest they have built.
Animal keepers had collected the egg in the muddy ground under a tree where it had been dropped by a griffon vulture called Lisa at Nordhorn zoo in Germany.
Zoo spokeswoman Ina Deiting said Lisa had made no attempt to build a nest.
Incubation period: The egg was temporarily placed in an incubator before being entrusted to the male couple who 'promptly sat on it' in a nest they have built. However, it is not known whether the egg is fertilised
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The egg was temporarily placed in an incubator before being entrusted to the male couple, named ISIS and Nordhorn, it was reported by national news agency DPA.
Deiting said the couple 'promptly sat on it' in the hope of incubating the egg.
The biological parentage of the egg is unclear and zoo keepers also don't know yet whether it is fertilised.
Lololol @ "gay vultures," sounds like some of you on here.
But on-topic, well this is dandy, lookit these parental buzzards, taking on the abandoned burdens of less-capable mothers.
Is one of them actually named ISIS? Like, capitalized and everything? Why? O.o
