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A forgotten anniversary perhaps?
Stayed out all night with the lads and didn't even ring home?
Called her mother an old water buffalo?
Told her that her bum looked big in all those feathers?
Something must have got these two at loggerheads. They were punting around Claythorpe Water Mill yesterday with some very odd body language indeed. It's anthropomorphic of me I know but they were just not happy with each other. The lead swan with the foot flailing was listing slightly to port on just one engine and the trailing "shunned" swan was just following as they meandered aimlessly. I watched them for about ten minutes, they are in a bird "sanctuary" with staff about (and I was peering over the public road-bridge for free) so I'm confident they weren't in any medical distress!
Unless of course showing a foot is swan-speak for "Hello Sailor"? Maybe I was intruding on some swanny mating ritual?
Ideas on a postcard please! I'm happy to be put in my place by someone with more Nature-savvy!
I was once bitten by a swan... it hurt.
ReplyDeleteI hope you bit it back!
DeleteHow bizarre. But I count on YOU to tell me the why of things like this.
ReplyDeleteMy theory is cramp. Swans are renowned for it, it's all that sitting about in damp water.
DeleteI'm flummoxed. I see similar inexplicable weirdness with my ducks and chickens on a daily basis! Come to think of it, the cats and dogs are whacked too.
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