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Swan taken for a ride by love boat

A rare black swan has fallen in love with a plastic swan paddle boat on a German lake, ananova.com reports.

The Black Australian Swan is showing all the typical signs of love - circling its plastic lover, staring endlessly at it and making crooning noises. The boat, a large white plastic peddalo designed to look like a swan, is hired out to families who want to picnic on the lake. The odd couple have become local stars - with souvenir shops selling t-shirts, snow globes and key rings depicting the star-crossed lovers. Biologists are worried what will happen when the boat is locked away for the winter, but they are relatively confident the swan will recover.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .