And paddling right back out to catch another one. This swan will teach its children to do the same and before you know it and there will be a mass of surfing swans.
We are easily fooled by what what we "want" to be true.
This example is harmless enough. There will be other fakes which won't be so harmless. Take these harmless examples to get better at seeing the fakes. Learn to trust your inner skeptic.
I did not realize that mute swan is a species classification, and at first thought it was alone and had a disability. 😄 I hope they are a match. That is so sweet.
I love when you see animals just having fun and playing. It’s a rare moment when we get to see beyond the predator/pray dynamic. When they’re safe and full enough to just forget about their worries and enjoy the feeling of the wave pushing them back to land, or rolling down that showy hill and so on
For those who might not be aware of, there's a site for downloading vids on Blue Sky (I just found about it myself on a Google search:-)) I had to download this! https://www.bskydownloader.com/
This just in. Someone had a microphone trained on the swan during this. Here is the recording, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
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Penguins do it all the time.
No cameras around.
It has a black bill, so it might be a Trumpeter swan. They are not sissies.
We are easily fooled by what what we "want" to be true.
This example is harmless enough. There will be other fakes which won't be so harmless. Take these harmless examples to get better at seeing the fakes. Learn to trust your inner skeptic.
https://www.bskydownloader.com/
North shore legend.
Which means we can learn about intelligence from bird brains.
https://youtu.be/dBURLdhmmZ8?si=QOxgnIU_UjBKQVjX
"hell yeah” ❤️