A ‘bromance’ is a natural part of life and is cherished by men all over the world. 

If you’re unfamiliar with the term, it’s defined by Urban Dictionary as “the complicated love and affection shared by two straight males.”

It’s a friendship, a man-bond.

Buddy and Pedro are two males who have formed quite the bromance. It has actually gone public and gained supporters.

Granted, Buddy and Pedro are African penguins at the Toronto Zoo, but who is one to judge true friendship?

According to The Globe and Mail, the two male penguins were referred to as the ‘gay penguins’ despite zookeepers saying the bond wasn’t necessarily sexual.

Now the buds are facing separation because the zoo wants to use their awesome penguin-genes to breed with. However, the separation has caused gay-rights activists to cause a commotion.

Even though same-sex marriage has been legalized in Canada since 2005, the outcry seems to suggest that the political issue still remains.

The idea has been called unfair and heart-breaking even going so far as to accuse the zoo of forcing the penguins into the sex-trade industry.

But naturally it’s also been the centre of ridicule. 

Jimmy Kimmel refers to the incident as “Brokeback Iceberg” and claims the lovebirds were spotted at a Lady Gaga concert.

In an interview done by CBC, zoo curator Tom Mason expresses the “tendency people have to anthropomorphize things” and says people “try to think of penguins as humans.”

Obviously, penguins are not humans. Well, except the one in Batman, but other than him, penguins are not human.