[Amoeba]

Um... this is strange.

So there's the usual swans (and their old pal goose), they had 8 cygnets at the start of the year, but one went missing, presumably dead. These things happen. The remaining 7 got a bit bigger.

A few days ago I was passing the swans and something literally didn't add up. Suddenly there were 14 cygnets. There were their own cygnets and some other swan's brood, since 7 of them looked slightly older than the other 7 with the little pin feathers coming in at the ends of the wings and tail.

So... do swans adopt other swan's offspring?

Also, thought I'd keep it in one thread, something else strange has started happening. Lately I've been getting swooped a lot by LBB gulls. I've noticed other people have too. They never actually come in to contact but they get pretty close (few inches sometimes) to your head. Breeding maybe? But where could possibly be suitable for them to breed around here? It's the middle of the suburbs!