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Man and his pet swan

Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:31 pm
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
19784 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:31 pm
Swans are usually mean and ornery birds, but this guy rescued an egg, hatched it and raised the bird. The swan must have imprinted on him as mother. That bird loves that guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EjBhjwFtDM
This post was edited on 1/5/24 at 5:36 pm
Posted by papasmurf1269
Hells Pass
Member since Apr 2005
20917 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:34 pm to
With all the shite going on in the world,stories like these are a bright spot that I really enjoy
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
11344 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:36 pm to
I still don’t trust swans
Posted by Usurp
Member since Nov 2023
344 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:37 pm to
Thank you for this. With so much negativity and evil out there this was a nice change.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
19784 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:38 pm to
quote:

I still don’t trust swans


The swan loves the guy, but goes to bite his wife when she gets too close. Parrots do that too. My son was the African Grey's human and constantly begged attention and a scratch behind the head, but only he could do that.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65979 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:43 pm to
#cancelled

Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9433 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:45 pm to
Nothing impresses me more about a person's character than how they treat animals when they have nothing to gain. People who rescue a strays, foster animals, guys like this, etc. get an A+ as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
55017 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:50 pm to
The Dodo is always good for little videos like that. Good stuff.
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
5928 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:52 pm to
I'm impressed the swan is smart enough to recognize him. Figured they had pretty tiny brains. That was really cool.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51516 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:55 pm to
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35565 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:01 pm to
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119603 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:07 pm to
Sweet
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28275 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:22 pm to
A swan drowned a maintenance guy at a golf course near Chicago a few years ago.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
19784 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:25 pm to
quote:

I'm impressed the swan is smart enough to recognize him. Figured they had pretty tiny brains. That was really cool.


An African Grey parrot has a small head and brain, but can get vocabularies of over 600 words. Having had one, they do understand what they say. Tried to teach it to say, "I'm a stupid bird," but it was too clever for that. Hilarious bird.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
55017 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:29 pm to
quote:

A swan drowned a maintenance guy at a golf course near Chicago a few years ago.

FAFO, right?
Posted by Kjnstkmn
Vermilion Parish
Member since Aug 2020
10800 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:58 pm to
What’s their song?
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28275 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:13 pm to
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FAFO, right?


I reckon so.
I bet in a million years, he never would've thought he would die like that.
If I remember right, he was paddling around the pond in a kayak spraying the weeds with herbicide.
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
3008 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:36 pm to
This is great. I like animals more than people. Long read but worth it.

Before Katrina hit we were out prospecting some land for a potential hunting site. A chocolate lab comes up to me & my buddy. Very friendly, playful, & smiling. Asked around, no1 claimed him so I took him home.

A couple months later he rides out Katrina with us. As we clean up he follows me every where. This dog had a mind of its own & starts pulling branches out & actually took them to the pile. He did a lot of work.

I begin to recognize a strange behavior, not bad, just restlessness & got the feeling it was time for him to continue his journey. So I put a collar on him with his name, Rosco, & my info.

He would usually come in the house but that night he wouldn’t. Next morning I thought he’d be gone but he comes running up from the other side of my property with something in his mouth.

This dog brings me a Bible he’d found amongst the mess Katrina made. I take it, he looks at me, rubs himself against me, loves on me, and takes off. I’ve never seen him again.

Just an unbelievable animal & I’ll never forget the joy he brought me in a difficult situation.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
9618 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:42 pm to
frick a swan.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
9618 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:43 pm to
quote:

Nothing impresses me more about a person's character than how they treat animals when they have nothing to gain. People who rescue a strays, foster animals, guys like this, etc. get an A+ as far as I'm concerned.


Yeah, but if a swan comes at me I’m snapping that mf’s neck.
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