Scandal at Slimbridge! 07 FEB 2010

Swan Divorce Scandal

Swans at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire have divorced.

Of the 4,000 pairs of swans studied only two pairs have gone their separate ways in 20 years.

The swans usually mate for life and look for another mate only after a partner’s death.

Male swan, Sarindi, returned from the annual migration from Russia with a new lady-friend, causing concern amongst staff for female Saruni’s welfare. Shortly afterwards Saruni arrived with a new man and the pair are now living in the same pond at Slimbridge.

No interaction between the old couple has been witnessed since the separation.

01 NOV 09

I've just been flicking through my housemate's newspaper and found a piece about a study of divorces in the UK.

Apparently, marriages are significantly less likely to end in divorce when the man is at least five years older than the woman and the woman is more intelligent than the man.

So the message here seems to be for men to go for intelligent young women and women to look for stupid old men. Marvellous.