The last two remaining male in the UK New Zealand Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos were homosexuals. Unusual behavior of birds, the newspaper The Daily Telegraph reports.
Males Ben and Jerry live in the bird sanctuary in West Sussex in the UK. Employees of the Reserve had hoped that they will be able to restore the bird populations, as well as a third of New Zealand blue duck was female Cherry. However, when it was placed in an aviary with Cherry, Ben showed no interest. Jerry also refused to mate with females.
Reserve Officers noticed that the males show a typical marital behavior in relation not to Cherry but to each other. Ben and Jerry lived in an aviary, where they co-exist perfectly together.
New Zealand’s blue duck H. malacorhynchos – species, endemic to New Zealand. Currently, populations of these birds are in danger, as well as imported into the country the animals compete with blue ducks for food, and gradually replacing them with the occupied territories.