A keeper at a safari park which has a gay penguin couple and a “throuple” of Lorikeets has said same sex animals developing relationships are more common than people might think. Vicky McFarlane, a keeper at West Midlands Safari Park, spoke about the park’s gay wildlife residents after news broke of the death of a world-famous gay penguin in Australia. Ms McFarlane said the site, in Bewdley, had a couple of male Humboldt penguins, called Arnie and Frodo, who had been a couple since 2020. They also have a “throuple” of rainbow lorikeets, consisting of two males and a female. Ms McFarlane said the female lorikeet lays the eggs, which are then looked after by the two males.