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Old 04-06-2009, 10:51 AM
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F16,

Thanks for showing us the swans. When I saw the picture I thought, "Oh how beautiful those creatures are and they mate for life." The swan has had a lot of press about all that one and only true love of a lifetime stuff.

Well, of course, I could not let it go at just thinking that. Oh no. I had to look up swans to see if that mate for life thing was right. Well, I wish I had not because I found something about how a study was done at the University of Melbourne where they put little bird-backpacks, or something with transmitters in them, on swans to track their mating habits. And they found that swans sometimes sneak away for a little rendezvous. Well, I was absolutely horrified. Oh 16, I sure hope your swans do not end up having some soap opera life. I hope you will let us know how they are doing.

They are not docile I have heard. So please do not try to put any tiny backpacks on them. OK?

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