| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Lukasz Kryger (kryger) (10) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-07-01 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Fuji Finepix S5200 |
| Exposure: f/4.5, 1/420 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-10-23 12:18 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae.
Swans usually mate for life, though "divorce" does sometimes occur, particularly following nesting failure. The number of eggs in each clutch is between 3–8.
The word is derived from Old English swan, akin to German schwan, in turn derived from Indo-European root *swen (to sound, to sing), whence Latin derives sonus (sound). (Webster's New World Dictionary) Young swans are known as cygnets, from the Latin word for swan, cygnus. An adult male is a "cob", an adult female is a "pen".
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