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Thomas the bisexual goose died in a bird rehabilitation sanctuary aged 40
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He shunned females and shacked up with a male swan named Henry for 24 years
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When Henry mated with a young swan he helped raise 68 cygnets over six years
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Henry died in 2009 and Thomas retired to the sanctuary when he went blind
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He will be buried next to his soulmate in the park they lived in for three decades
Thomas the beloved bisexual goose who spent years in a love triangle with two swans as they raised 68 cygnets has died aged 40.
The exceptionally long-lived bird shunned the female geese in Waimanu Lagoon in Waikanae, north of Wellington, and instead chose a black swan named Henry.
The couple were inseparable for 24 years until a young female swan called Henrietta stole Henry’s heart, making Thomas the third wheel.