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Gander falls for donkey

A German gander is making an ass out of himself after falling in love with a donkey.

Hannibal the gander and Heidi the donkey met when he was put into her enclosure for being too aggressive to be kept with the other birds. The story was featured in local newspaper, the Lausitzer Rundschau, and curious visitors have now besieged the farm where the unlikely couple live, in the Saxon town of Cottbus.

Workers at the farm say the couple quickly fell for each other, eating together, sleeping in the same stall, and are now completely inseparable. Heidi is not interested in other donkeys, and follows Hannibal around all day long. In turn, the gander jealously attacks any male donkeys who go near Heidi.

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