The Silver Swan
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1 day ago
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| thebowesmuseum.org.uk
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ajb
2 hours ago
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Amazing for 250 year old automaton. A bit odd that the show is it catching a fish! Swans are not predators. Given the immense diligence it must have taken to build, I hardly imagine they overlooked that fact - they must have cared less for ecological accuracy than for making a good spectacle.
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proee
2 hours ago
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Swans do occasionally eat small fish.
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layer8
2 hours ago
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Sometimes even larger ones: https://youtu.be/HA44-I6RgY4
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advisedwang
1 hour ago
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This is a 404 for me :(
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