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Mute Swan
Friend or Enemy?
Mute Swan, one of the heaviest flying birds, is a highly intelligent bird. If you have treated a swan kindly, it will remember you as a friend forever. It remembers its enemies as well. It becomes aggressive when defending eggs or young cygnets. most Swans in the US are Mute Swans.
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Survival of the fittest
Tundra Swans breed in the Arctic and subarctic tundra, where they inhabit shallow pools, lakes and rivers. Unlike mute swans they are migratory birds. The winter habitat of both subspecies is grassland and marshland, where they fight for survival.
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Swans' love for their partners is so deep they mate for life. They are creatures of myth that only sing when they are dying. Also, paradoxically for such paragons of elegance, they are vicious blighters that can break your arm with their wings.
Swans form the classic image of devotion, with their curved necks entwined in a perfect love heart. It's part of a courtship ritual, in which pairs face each other and, with a ruffle of feathers and lifted wings, bow gracefully.