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Published: 2009-12-26 11:50:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2178; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 48
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Figured it was time for an ID change.Was helping mom get the swans inside the garage for the winter while home for vacation and happened to be making a pretty awesome face when mom took the picture (really her legs were just flapping the shit out of me)
We have a lot of coyotes in the area right now and they ate every single one of our chickens. Once the snow gets up to the fence they'd have no problem coming after our other water fowl since the pond's all frozen over, so mom fenced out a place for them inside.
I only know how to play one chord of swan guitar as it turns out, and it's a sort of angry snorting noise.
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Holy crap, I'm surprised that thing didn't try to bap you on the head. Swans are NASTY.
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That's it. Swans at a metal concert. I want to see it happen now. xD
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Not by choice I'm afraid. The classical swan you always see is the Mute Swan, which has been imported to the states from europe for decorational purposes, pinioned, and bred for generations. Pinioning means that a third of one wing has been cut off so they can't fly away, that would be like cutting one of our hands off at the wrist.
It's 'necessary' unfortunately because they're rather territorial and when they were allowed free range they started forcing out our native Trumpeter Swans. If these European swans are seen in the wild they're often shot [link] (you can find more on that by googling I'm sure)
They were actully given to us by a lady who used to babysit me who had lost her legs in a car accident. The pairs are mated for life so mom didn't want to separate them, and they can't be neutered or anything, so mom's constantly fighting the battle between taking their eggs or letting them have babies and being forced to pinion them. She's always begging me to take them back to England with me when I visit my girlfriend. xD
Oops! I gave you a bit of an essay didn't I? 8D;
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hmm yeah never thought about it..well it's true swans belong in europe...i'm sorry for your-old babysit 
well do you think your G-friend will like it xD
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Is it an acoustic or bass? Because if that's bass YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. RELAX YOUR POSTUREEEE. FEEL THE MUSIC.
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IT'S AN ELECTRIC SWAN GUITARRRRR
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That swan looks about as large as me D:
You are a mighty bird-wrangler! I salute you!
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That swan looks absolutely thrilled about being held.
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Absolutely unthrilled D: But better then being chased off the neighbor's pond or eaten by coyotes.
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YOU ARE AN AWESOME SWAN GUITARIST!
Wow, look at the size of that one! Hope the coyotes don't eat more of your animals D:
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They've got nothing left to eat now! Except for my cat
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Hah, nice ID! 
Although I nearly got eaten by swans when I was little, once. 
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Oh my god, yeah that would do it. All those birds were probably twice your size and hissing their heads off. xD
The women who gave them to us had another pair before the pair we got, and when I was very little and got baby sat by her one of them bit the shit out of my finger. In hinesight it probably didn't hurt that much, but I was probably about 5 and and teeny little fingers
Mute swans are whores.
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Not to mention almost drowning... I think I have faint memories of it. It wasn't pleasant!
Ouch! That's painful! That would scar any child.
All birds are whores. Even the tiny ones. My cockatiel bites the crap out of me when I try to pet him. Damn birds.
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This photo amuses me much, much more than it should. So much so that I grabbed my mum to show her, and she usually hate the things I find amusing. X3
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HAha! Glad I could share it then!
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No, but she has BEATS >8C *beats with fists*
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That swan is at least three times as big as me
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Her brother would probably be 4 times bigger then xD He scares even me.
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first glimpse i thought that it was one of those pretty lawn ornaments. :'D then i see the angel of the tail. ho shit those things are huge.
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Hell yeah they are! XD You should see her brother!
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P.S. THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU for the shower head suggestion. Never has there been a greater contribution to women kind.
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Kind of reminds me of that one FALCONER AMY image. xD
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Wow! That is a big swan! O_O
I had no idea they got that big!
I'm envious that your family has it's own swans!!
That is really neat!
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Ohhh man, they're not really birds you want to own though
Mute swans are an introduced species to the US that has to be pinioned, because in the wild they're allowed to be shot. They've got pretty nasty attitudes at times and can be fiercely territorial, they really shouldn't be in the US, but people import them and buy them because they're pretty D:
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It's so interesting though!
I imagine any animal is a lot of work to take care of.
I live in a crowded, beach city. I crave nature.
I'd like to live somewhere were there is more than just
one or two trees in people's front yard. And where our houses
are not conjoined. The photo leads me to believe your life is
full of all kinds of wonderful artistic stimulation. ^-^
As they say though... the grass is always greener on the other side... yada yada yada.
Are they actually mute? Or is that just their name?
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I've come to love parts of city living that have come with college, but I'll always miss the sticks a little if only for the inspiration that grows all around the thick, untamed forests in boonie ville. I just won't miss the misquitos.
And nah, they're not mute xD But with the sounds they make you would wish they were! Swans look a whooole lot prettier then they sound.
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Holllyyyy
Awesome picture though but thats a big freaking bird XD <3
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Ohhh yeah, Mute swans are huuueg like xbox. xD
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My god, if the dude is bigger too... holllyyy... well, your a badass swan wrangler then XD Swan hero, feet are the whamy bars? :3
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... you have my uptmost respect. Swans scare me.
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Those things are MASSIVE! Esspecaily their wingspans! My family raised Peacocks for a while, and at least those don't bite.
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That is a pretty awesome face! lol
And a gorgeous swan! Torren saves the day again! x3
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