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Strange swan behaviour: swans attacking smaller swan
By:Job
Date: 26 April 2016
Date: 26 April 2016
Can you advise re some swans odd behaviour towards 1 swan at our public lake? They keep chasing & being aggressive to this swan. They are much bigger than it. I've noticed they're focusing on attacking this swan to the detriment of their own feeding/preening!
The aggressive swans chase this swan round the lake so much they are like stalkers. We were wondering why they behave like this - is it attention seeking/ territorial? Do swans have human emotions (i.e. jealousy)? Or are we giving them human intelligence/ emotions?
Messages In This Thread
- Strange swan behaviour: swans attacking smaller swan -- Job -- 26 April 2016
- Re: Strange swan behaviour: swans attacking smaller swan -- The Regal Swan -- 26 April 2016
- Re: Strange swan behaviour: swans attacking smaller swan -- Job -- 27 April 2016
- Re: Strange swan behaviour: swans attacking smaller swan -- The Regal Swan -- 26 April 2016
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