PEOPLE can pick up a perfect Valentine’s Day gift to help woo their loved ones at Dudley Zoo.

The zoo has put together a limited edition double adoption package for its loved-up Humboldt penguins, Elliot and Scarlet.

The flightless birds are monogamous and begin searching for a mate around two-years-old, recognising each other through vocalisations.

They also nest in the same boxes year-on-year, sharing egg-incubating duties and food-finding tasks when the chick is born.

Sweethearts Elliot and Scarlet can be adopted from just £40 and the package includes a photo of the penguin pair, a mini penguin cuddly toy, factsheet and a certificate.

Alternatively, people can keep their romance in the pink by naming one of the zoo's Chilean flamingos.

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Eleven of the leggy lovelies remain nameless and this unique adoption package, which starts at £50, will see the chosen moniker added to the flamingo’s identification records and remain with them throughout their lifetime.

Andrea Hales, the zoo's marketing manager, said: “These two Valentine’s specials will certainly melt hearts and there’s even options to have a love note for your special someone installed at the animal enclosures.

"Plus, all purchases support Dudley Zoo's conservation programmes and make huge differences to endangered animals across the globe."