I know why there are only 600 New Zealand Blue Ducks left...

[Ed Mahmoud]

Rare New Zealand Blue Duck (a boy) won't mate with female.. but does fancy male pal

It was love at first sight when Ben the rare duck took a gander at another bird.

But unfortunately for his owners, who want Ben to breed, his true love didn't quite fit the bill. It's another drake called Jerry.

Both have shunned a female called Cherry - who now swims sadly by herself at the other side of their pond.

And as they are the only New Zealand Blue Ducks in this country - and with only 600 left worldwide - staff at the the Wetlands Trust are pretty ducked-off. "Jerry and Ben just haven't stopped flirting," says spokeswoman Grace Rawnsley. "The fact they have turned out to be gay has played havoc with our breeding plans.

[HURAKAN]

That's an easy way to go extinct!!!