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.
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."
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