Friday: Offbeat--"I Love Your Shoes!"

Today's offbeat offering comes from the May 6, 2011 issue of "TheWeek." It seems that a male penguin in a German zoo has fallen in love with a zookeeper's black-and-white rubber boots. "The penguin, known as Bonaparte, has been obsessed with keeper Dennis Kubler's boots since the start of mating season, evidently mistaking them for a female, and would nuzzle them passionately," says the magazine. Kubler's taken to wearing blue boots until Bonaparte finds an actual "flesh-and-blood" mate.