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[commotiocordis]

The motto of Western Australia, cygnus insignis, means "distinguished by its swans".

They couldn't think of anything else that distinguished them but swans?

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[finding-jay.livejournal.com]

I'm so used to black swans, the first time I saw a white swan I did a double-take. Damn albino birds.

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

LOL. When I first saw a picture of a black one, I didn't know what was wrong with it. It's pretty wicked looking, though. I particularly like the way the red of the beak is so striking against the black. I also wonder if a white swan and a black swan would have grey babies.

[finding-jay.livejournal.com]

Like an elephant and a pot belly pig? I think I've just found a new quest!

[chaosity.livejournal.com]

OH, OH, OH NINTH GRADE SCIENCE IS COMING BACK TO ME. Um. From what I've seen, when a black and white swan mate, the babies come out either white or black. I'm PRETTY sure.

I tried to remember something about what that says about their genes (as in, a certain "type" of gene would mean mixing the white and black to produce grey, and another type of gene would mean it has to be one or the other), but I couldn't. lol high school drop-out.