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Mute swan

Cygnus olor

Photo by RyanBertossi
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Very large bird stands larger than 4foot tall and a wing span close to 6 foot

Habitat:

Ponds lakes and other bodies of water

Notes:

Very strong and sometimes very irritable birds, when angered will attack and potentially able to knock out a grown man with one swing of it's wing

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Comments (1)

very interesting to see a mute swan in a natural surroundings. Thanks for the facts too!

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PublishedAugust 21, 2011

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