Posted on 03/28/2008 9:05:55 PM PDT by blam
Petra the swan reunited with her pedalo lover
Last Updated: 1:13am GMT 29/03/2008
Petra the swan, who fell in love with a swan-shaped boat only to abandon it for a real bird, has returned to her faux friend after being cruelly dumped.
Officials at a zoo in Munster, Germany, where Petra has been spending the winter, took her to a nearby lake to be with the white paddleboat.
Petra the swan and her plastic pedalo lover
In recent months, Petra, a black swan, had struck up a relationship with a real white swan.
However, he abandoned her last weekend – and officials decided to reunite her with her former love-boat.
Petra became so attached to the boat in 2006 she refused to leave its side.
The size of the pedalo did not seem to dim the affections of the besotted bird either, with Petra insisting on nesting over winter with the pleasure craft.
When winter came around, she and the boat were taken to the zoo. Director Joerg Adler said it was too early to tell whether Petra would stay with the boat this time.
Somebody besides Petra needs to get a serious life.
It’s almost spring in the Northeast, we’ll soon have Mooses trying to mate with a Toyota..
What else is new?
Men.
Love hurts, baby. Love hurts.
I find this story kind of sad. Call me sentimental.
I’ll do better than that!
Heh. I can just see duck hunters dolling-up their old jonboats in similar fashion, rather than trying to hide ‘em with camouflage. :-)
Quiet companionship, beats the noisy kind.
I think he's a racist!!
Love has no pride.
“... and they say size doesn’t matter.”
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