A male sheep and female deer who have apparently fallen in love at the Yunnan Zoo have become the latest internet stars after a series of pictures posted by the zoo on Sina Weibo went viral.

It all began innocently enough last month when the zoo took to the microblogging platform and asked its followers, “What does one do when a ram falls in love with a deer?”

“A male sheep, Changmao, and a female deer, Chunzi, have not only fallen in love at the Yunnan Zoo, they’ve also begun cohabiting!” continued the post. “Separating them would go against their wishes, but allowing them to continue would be “immoral”. We are wondering what to do with this ram-deer relationship.”

Handlers say the two have been allowed to stay together after attempts to separate the two proved unsuccessful. The male sheep has now ‘completely integrated himself into deer society’, they added.

If we were still living in Old Testament days, the amorous pair — like the gay penguins we saw yesterday — would no doubt be put to death. But fortunately, times have changed, so eat your heart out with these pics published by the Yunnan Zoo. It gets increasingly graphic towards the end though, so be warned.













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