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    31 day ago

    It’s scientific name is Eudyptula novaehollandiae

    It’s common name in Australia in general was ‘fairy penguin’, but there has been effort to boost alternative names because they word fairy was a pejorative name for gay men

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      The RAOU set “Little Penguin” as the preferred name and that is why they do.

      The gay claim is overblown alt-right shit, one SeaWorld claimed to have changed the name for that reason, no one else ever did.

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      21 day ago

      But there’s an icecream here called Golden Gaytime, and the greatest Australian movie is The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert…