Swan falls in love with paddle boat

[mforce79]

This came up on my news website today, and I thought it was pretty entertaining

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060526/od_nm/germany_swan_dc_1

 

 

Fri May 26, 3:16 PM ET

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A swan has fallen in love with a plastic swan-shaped paddle boat on a pond in the German town of Muenster and has spent the past three weeks flirting with the vessel five times its size, a sailing instructor said Friday.

 

Peter Overschmidt, who operates a sailing school and rents the two-seat paddle boat on the Aasee pond, said the black swan with a bright red beak has not left the white swan boat's side since it flew in one day in early May.

 

"It seems like he's fallen in love," said Overschmidt. "He protects it, sits next to it all the time and chases away any sail boats that get anywhere nearby. He thinks the boat is a strong and attractive swan."

 

Overschmidt said the swan will figure it out sooner or later but hopes he won't be too heartbroken.

 

"I'll wish him all the best and hope that he doesn't make the same mistake again," said Overschmidt."

[waterviper]

Some animals crack me up at how dumb they can be!!

Like that one dog who though his own foot was gona get his bone so he kept attacking it when he brought his foot closer to his head to scratch!!

[vjgx]

Yeah... birds do the dumbest things. My friend's parakeet used to spend hours staring at itself in the mirror...