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Swan-Boat Romance Takes Wing (Again)

After actual feathered male forsakes her, Petra flocks back to plastic paramour

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 28, 2008 2:57 PM CDT

(Newser) – After her real-life avian lover flew the coop, a German black swan has returned to her ex—a swan-shaped paddleboat, the AP reports. Petra was joined at the wing with the craft in 2006—but that relationship seemed to have sung its swan song when...   Read full story »

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