Black swan 'Petra' welcomes her 'partner', a swan-shaped pedal boat at a small lake at the Zoo in Muenster, western Germany.A long love story is over at a German zoo: Petra the swan and her swan-shaped paddleboat are parting ways. Petra, a black swan, became a minor celebrity in 2006 when she became so attached to the boat — which is shaped like an oversized white swan — that she refused to leave its side. Officials in the western city of Muenster decided to let her stay with it over the winter, bringing both bird and boat into a city zoo.
However, Petra met a live swan this winter. Zoo director Joerg Adler says she and her new mate — a white swan — are building a nest together. The boat is to be returned to its local owner on Thursday.
(AP Photo/Frank Augstein/file) - Source
Okay, I'm sappy, I found this heartwarming.
4 comments:
Yep, very heartwarming.
(hey, it's snowing up here...where's that spring-like weather????)
I added a picture in the previous blog showing what things look like outside my office door.
I hear that its gonna be a cold, wet, and windy weekend though.
Am wondering if the black swan had lost her mate and that's why she became attached to the boat because it looked like the lost mate? It would also explain why she was attracted to another white swan as a mate...
This was a sweet story though.
This story shows that humans arent the only ones who attach themselves to inanimate objects.
I think ladystyx is correct. It seems that the black swan lost it's mate and found the white swan boat the perfect substitute.
I wonder what happened when the boat was removed.
Sad story with a happy ending :-)
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