Blue Ducks are facing extinction in the UK because the only two remaining males have fallen in love.
The rare birds, named Ben and Jerry, are being kept at a bird sanctuary in West Sussex along with the sole remaining female Blue Duck, Cherry.
Keepers at the Arundel Wetland Centre had hoped that one of the drakes would mate with Cherry to ensure the species's continuance in the UK, reports The Daily Telegraph.
However, Ben and Jerry are apparently now inseparable and have no interest in the female.
Centre warden Paul Stevens said that he was disappointed but added that the two male birds make "a lovely couple".
"They stay together all the time, parading up and down their enclosure and whistling to each other as a male might do with a female he wants to mate with," he said.
Digital Spy
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