There was once an ugly duckling ... a story of true love ...
Maybe.
Maybe.
A
male swan shunned by females because of his deformed neck may finally
have found a girlfriend after seven years. 'Crinkly' the ugly swan
became well-known at bird sanctuary in Gloucester UK. Each winter he
would flying in from Russia, conservation workers and visitors have
watched with dismay as Crinkly failed miserably to attract a mate.
Experts at Slimbridge were amazed when Crinkly first arrived as a
cygnet with parents Lucius and Coletta, with a strangely deformed neck
probably caused by a birth defect.
'We
were worried about Crinkly because he is such a strange-looking bird,'
said Jools Mackin, spokesperson for Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands
Trust. Until now, none of the females at the sanctuary was prepared to
mate with him but recently conservation workers say they can see signs
of a budding romance.
'We
are delighted because we think Crinkly has finally found a
girlfriend,' commented Ms Mackin. 'He appears to be loosely associating
with another Slimbridge Bewick's swan called Taciturn. It is too early
to say whether or not they are mates, but we'll be monitoring them
over the next few days to see. At the moment they are associating on
Swan Lake. They are flying in and out together and we do hope they will
become mates.'
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