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Swans
Swans are large waterfowl that are some of the biggest. Closely related to ducks and geese, they are famed for their majesty and beauty and are part of the history and mythology of numerous cultures.
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Where are pictures of trumpeter swans?
Pictures of trumpeter swans can be found through a quick image search. They can also be found in text books and other books about animals.
Why do people live in the duck moo?
people, as you so call them prefer to live in the duck moo because they love the fact that their cows have inbred with their ducks. DUCK-MOO
Ducks are freshwater birds. They like places where the food is easy to get to, there is a good nesting spot, and there aren't any dangerous predators. A duck's habitat is waters and moist places and where it is warm. Ducks live in many different countries, depending on the species' preferred climate. All ducks like to nest in places that will make sure that it is hard for people to see them, and for predators to harm them and their children who may or may not be hatched out of their eggs that their mother has laid.
Yes, but a) no CCTV footage can detect these offenders in action and b) when they are apprehended by police, no amount of coersion will make them confess.
Does a swan swim respectfully?
I don't know about respectfully. But a swan is quite able to swim gracefully!
Swans chase geese and ducks.
What are the black swans' prey?
Black swans do not have prey. They are herbivorous, feeding mainly on aquatic weeds and algae.
What adaptations does an Australian black swan have?
Adaptations of the Australian Black swan are:
- fine grooves along their bills whic help grip the underwater plants on which they feed
- very long necks able to extend deeper into the water than those of other waterfowl, allowing them to feed on vegetation in deeper water
- extra vertebrae in their necks - between 22 and 25 - to give them greater flexibility
- one of the parent birds is always grounded by moulting to protect the nest: the pen (female) moults first and does not regain her flight feathers until the cob (male) begins to moult
- webbed feet for swimming
It is illegal to kill a swan in the UK as they are property of the Queen. They are protected under the Wildlife Act.
Why is Old Swan Liverpool called Old Swan?
It is simply named after a coaching inn which was located there.
What is the latin word for swan?
Cygnus The word "swan" is derived from Old English swan, akin to the German Schwan and Dutch zwaan, in turn derived from Indo-European root *swen (to sound, to sing), whence Latin derives sonus (sound).[1] Young swans are known as cygnets, from the Latin word for swan, cygnus. An adult male is a cob, from Middle English cobbe (leader of a group); an adult female is a pen.
No they don't. They go to the chesapeeake bay, Maryland.
Where in the UK do swans belong to everyone?
Queen Elizabeth retains the right to ownership to all unmarked Mute swans in open water. But since the 15th Century, ownership has been shared with the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Worshipful Company of Dyers
It depends on what they are eating at the time. After eating what nature intended, weeds & grassy things it is dark green and resembles lawn mover clippings.
If a tourist starts feeding a swan chips it will be pooing white chips. feeding them a little bread you may see little dollops of white goo sinking behind them in the water.
I have also seen them leaving on the beach what looks like mini dog poo, dark brown and cylindrical shaped about the size of a pencil or slightly larger.
Who called Shakespeare sweet swan of Avon?
Ben Jonson, in the dedication poem at the start of the 1623 first Folio of Shakespeare, which reads in part as follows:
Sweet swan of Avon! what a fight it were
To see thee in our waters yet appeare,
And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames,
That so did take Eliza, and our James !
