Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum replied to a Facebook query about whether they harbour gay animals

WIN.

Belmont Lay| July 20, 02:19 PM

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore's first seven-storey standalone natural history museum that cost $60 million to get off the ground, which will be opening in the first quarter of 2015, has won the Internet. Kind of.

In a July 18 Facebook post about rare observations in the Singapore Biodiversity Records, someone (most likely a troll) asked:

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To give some context to this post and query: Following the controversy the past week surrounding how gay penguins might inflict untold damage upon young children's minds, some segments of Singaporeans have directed much attention and expended even more cognitive energies to dissuade the National Library Board from stocking books about animals that don't fit the traditional idea of a nuclear family unit.

(I've honestly never typed a stranger sentence than that in my entire life.)

You can check out the full post here:

 

Anyways, the natural history museum will only be opening in the first quarter of 2015, in an apparent attempt to coincide with the the National University of Singapore’s 110th anniversary and Singapore’s 50th birthday.

 

Top photo of Sambar in Mandai by Marcus Chua via Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

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