The aggression of the non-traditional swan couple, originally reported on by Austrian media, including Kronen Zeitung, prompted the mayor Franz Steinegger to step in to relocate the birds to a rescue center Tyrol, Austria, where they will be rehabilitated at a special pond. It's unclear whether their 'eggs' will come with them.
Prior to their removal, Grundlsee swimmers and passerby were terrorized by the normally elegant birds, who left a nasty deep 10 cm cut in one victim.
News of the aggressive gay swans prompted an explosion on Twitter, particularly after the story was reported on in English by the Daily Mail and Attitude magazine.
Some users seemed surprised by the idea that swans could be gay.