Black Swan

Black Swan

• Black swans are vegetarians eating mostly algae and weeds.
• They occasionally graze on land but are clumsy walkers.
• Like all swans they are strictly monogamous.
• Black swans grow to approximately 120cm in size, males are a little larger.
• Their weight is from 5.6 – 6.2 kg up to 9 kg.
• Their wing span reaches from 150 – 200 cm.
• They are black with a white band on the end of their wings which are visible when they fly.
• They have bright red eyes.
• Male swans are called cobs, females are pens, and young are cygnets.
• Swans in general have the largest eggs of any flighted bird.
• Swans have far more neck vertebrae than mammals, with 24 or 25 vertebrae; most mammals only have seven.

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