Published: September 21, 2009, 10:12 am
Tags: gay animals, news
Dashik and Yehuda, two male vultures at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo who made headlines ten years ago for their gay romance, have since gone straight. But, if recent events at the zoo are any indication, the birds still appear to be operating on the same wavelength: "Dashik, father to one vulture chick, and Yehuda, father to the other, once engaged in a fiery romance that made headlines in local and international media. About ten years ago, the two male vultures fell in love, built a joint nest and became a couple. The staff of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo provided the couple with an artificial egg, which the two parents took turns incubating; and 45 days later, the zoo replaced the egg with a real baby vulture. The two male vultures raised the chick together. A few years later, however, the relationship broke up, after Yehuda fell for a female vulture that was brought into the aviary. Dashik became depressed, and was eventually moved to the zoological research garden at Tel Aviv
