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Swan, swan-shaped boat to part ways

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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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Comments (2)

Somewhere, a swan therapist... (Below threshold)
langtry:

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".

So SIze Doesn't matter, or ... (Below threshold)
epador:

So SIze Doesn't matter, or its not the meat its the motion?


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