This looks like a pair of parents teaching their babies how to interact with the bell (the brown colour is juvenile plumage). This is how the knowledge has been passed down for 200 years. They don’t know why it works but they know they want their kids to do it.
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This post is worthy of more upvotes but I wondered where this is. Per Google AI:
“The Bell-Ringing Swans of Wells are famous mute swans at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, Somerset, England, renowned for pulling ropes with their beaks to ring a bell for food, a tradition started in the 1870s by a bishop's daughter, now a beloved daily spectacle and heritage, with swans learning the skill from previous generations.”
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I like how the smaller one rung it again because the human was taking too long
This looks like a pair of parents teaching their babies how to interact with the bell (the brown colour is juvenile plumage). This is how the knowledge has been passed down for 200 years. They don’t know why it works but they know they want their kids to do it.
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This post is worthy of more upvotes but I wondered where this is. Per Google AI: “The Bell-Ringing Swans of Wells are famous mute swans at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, Somerset, England, renowned for pulling ropes with their beaks to ring a bell for food, a tradition started in the 1870s by a bishop's daughter, now a beloved daily spectacle and heritage, with swans learning the skill from previous generations.”
https://bishopspalace.org.uk/highlights/swans/
Pavlovs’s Swans
No way!!
Their brownish-pink color is sooo beautiful!
watching these swans ring a bell for food is basically like us at a fancy restaurant ringing for the waiter 😂
Brilliant !
Are they pink??
Huh, I think those are the mated pair and their babies.