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Swan who fell in love with swan-shaped boat finds a real mate

Petra welcomes her "partner", a swan-shaped boat at a small lake at the Zoo in Muenster, western Germany...See video at http://www.komotv.com/news/offbeat/16816226.html


BERLIN (AP) - 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.