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A swan which mourned the death of its companion, and which landed beside him in the middle of a road in Germany, delayed around 20 trains for almost an hour, until it is evacuated by the fire brigade.

The swan with its partner got lost on Christmas Eve. “One of the two animals probably got caught alive in the airlineExplained a spokesman for the German federal police on the reasons for the death of one of them which made that the other remains by his side.

The birds have landed on the high-speed line from Kassel to Göttingen in central Germany, “during an excursion,” they reported in a statement from the Kassel police. The event happened on December 23.

The swan that remained with its dead companion ignored calls from officials who attempted to pull him away from the tracks. They were finally the the firefighters who took the two animals. The swan that was saved alive was then released into the Fulda River.

Twenty-three trains were delayed by approximately 50 minutes during the rescue operation. According to the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, swans try to stay with the same partner throughout their lives.

The common swan (Cygnus olor), also known as the mute swan or white swan, is a species of bird in the Anatidae family of the northern hemisphere. According to section 13 of the Federal Law on Nature Conservation, it is one of the specially protected species in Germany.