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  • Orlando Man Charged With Punching Swan in Head During Incident at Downton Lake

    06/27/2016 11:34:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 31 replies
    NBC Miami ^ | Jun 27, 2016
    A 59 year old man was arrested Sunday evening as he punched a swan in front of two off-duty police officers. According to Orlando NBC affiliateWESH-TV, two members of the Orlando Police Department were watching a swan and her babies along Lake Eola. At that point, Sor Velez walked between the officers and the mother swan. The swan reached up toward Velez in what officers describe to be an effort to defend her babies. Velez then walked away, only to turn back around and punch the swan in the head before trying to run away. He was caught by the...
  • All aboard! Mother swan takes babies under her wing for trip across the pond (cute photos)

    08/03/2009 5:24:46 PM PDT · by rawhide · 40 replies · 2,333+ views
    This doting mother swan has really taken her babies under her wing. Six tiny cygnets could be seen peeking from beneath her feathers as she floated on the pond at the Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Devon. The swan, who had been swimming with her brood behind was forced to play piggyback after the young birds became tired.Amazed visitors watched as the swan spread her wings to allow the cygnets aboard, before before tucking them back protectively to stop them falling off. She then continued on her way across the pond, occasionally turning her head around to check on her...