Avian 鈥榞oodbye kiss鈥 goes viral
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An image of a goose kissing another 鈥済oodbye鈥 that went viral on Valentine鈥檚 Day has inspired the online community.
The original photo, taken in south China鈥檚 Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, featured two geese, one tied on the back of a motorbike and another craning its neck to seemingly kiss its fellow fowl farewell.
The photo has been reposted more than 400,000 times on microblogging site Sina Weibo, and the image, which was shared on Twitter by Xinhua, registered more than 60,000 likes and reposts from across the world.
Some called the love birds the Romeo and Juliet of the avian world. Some wordsmiths even penned responses to the image, such as one by online poet Li Kuan: 鈥淪ee thy off at the end of the village road when sunset stretches our shadow; never shall we meet again, and let鈥檚 kiss a last farewell.鈥
While those with a dry sense of humor posted photographs of roasted geese, saying that the couple were finally reunited on the dinner table.
Many people were keen to describe what happened to the geese next, and stories quickly began circulating online 鈥 there were as many imagined happy endings as those intended as tear jerkers.
鈥淭hey live happily ever after and raise a nestful of goslings,鈥 netizen 鈥測ijielufu鈥 said.
In another response, the male has a change of heart and falls in love with a dog. The accompanying picture shows a goose embracing a dog.
The true story, according to Modern Express, a local newspaper in Nanjing, in east China鈥檚 Jiangsu Province, is more heartbreaking.
The owner of the geese, Miss Deng, confirmed that both of the geese had been eaten.
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