Gay penguins split up by zookeepers

Two male penguins are being split up due to a belief that they are gay.

Zookeepers are worried Pedro, 10, and Buddy, 20, will not be interested in mating with female penguins because they have developed such a close bond with each other.

Tom Mason, spokesman for Toronto Zoo, Canada, told The Sun newspaper: "The two girls have been following [Pedro and Buddy], we just have to get the boys interested in looking at them."

The pair - who were brought over to the zoo as part of a breeding programme - will be allowed to reunite when they have impregnated some female penguins.