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]
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Somewhere, a swan therapist... (Below threshold)1. Posted by langtry | March 19, 2008 6:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Somewhere, a swan therapist is looking on with pride!
P.S.: There's a metaphor here, one about how the mechanical version no longer 'did it' for a girl and she decided to go out and get herself a real man ... er ... "swan".
1. Posted by langtry | March 19, 2008 6:38 PM |
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Posted on March 19, 2008 18:38
2. Posted by epador | March 21, 2008 10:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So SIze Doesn't matter, or its not the meat its the motion?
2. Posted by epador | March 21, 2008 10:35 AM |
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Posted on March 21, 2008 10:35