You have it right. I think a group of five male penguins might just as readily help to raise a chick. They're birds. Just because two of them have formed a kind of proto-flock doesn't mean they're gay.
You can't compare species based on bahaviour. It's been speculated that human brains are large because we form social groups. But birds are more social. And locusts swarm in the millions but it hasn't done a damn thing for their intellectual capacity. Distant species may do similar things but for unfathomable reasons. Darwin himself attempted to reason why some members of ant colonies do not reproduce. He identified 3 distinct types of non-reproducing types. But, he couldn't figure out what their roles were. How can we understand ants? We can't.
This may have implications for SETI, by the way.
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- Oh, talk to me about idealism.
- They used to burn bras.
- Depends. It's a campaign document made to "balance" her meaningless affiliations with moderate Republican organizations.