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The New Mammy and Daddy of UCD

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  • 13-05-2007 11:40am
    #1
    PharmBoyUCD
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭


    I just noticed that the swans have had their babies!!! congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Swan!! They are now the proud parents of 6 (or seven) baby swans!! :)


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    #2
    princess-sprkle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 625 ✭✭✭princess-sprkle


    aw, it's almost enough to melt my heart :)


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    #3
    Schlemm
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    Where did all of last year's cygnets go??:confused:


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    #4
    funky penguin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭funky penguin


    *burp*


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    #5
    The_Minister
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    /Runs to buy BBQ sauce.


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    stolenwine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭stolenwine


    funky penguin wrote:
    *burp*

    LOL

    They are super cute. Is anybody looking after the lake inhabitants apart from some vetinary students on their lunch break keeping an eye... for instance ensuring that there isn't a big metal barrier in there, which there is.


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    hullaballoo
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    funky penguin wrote:
    *burp*
    Rofl.

    I presume these parents are last year's signets? How long do swans last?


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    Stepherunie
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    Wouldn't that make them inbred? Eugh.

    NO idea how long they last, either does wikipedia it seems.


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    Vorsprung
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    Stepherunie wrote:
    NO idea how long they last, either does wikipedia it seems.

    If you freeze them instead of leaving them out, they tend to keep for longer.


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    #10
    Bartronilic
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    thought this was gonna be a d4 bashing thread for some reason.


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    #11
    Fremen
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    Who'd win in a fight between a swan and twelve ducks?


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    #12
    Sangre
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    Fremen wrote:
    Who'd win in a fight between a swan and twelve ducks?
    The bookies.


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    #13
    Spectator#1
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    I saw the moment of conception

    WOOHOO!

    Wrong thread, oops...


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    Scraggs
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    Schlemm wrote:
    Where did all of last year's cygnets go??:confused:
    They grew up!
    hullaball&#250 wrote:
    How long do swans last?
    The lifespan of a swan is 10-20 yrs but in the wild an average of 7yrs.



    Has anybody else noticed the ducks in Glenomena? It really creeps me out seeing them there seeing as there isn't any water nearby!


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    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Cool, hopefully they'll stick around next year. There were three or four signets there in February. I remember because my friend tried to pet them when she was drunk and the mammy swan nearly attacked her.


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    upmeath
    Registered Users Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭upmeath


    Scraggs wrote:
    Has anybody else noticed the ducks in Glenomena? It really creeps me out seeing them there seeing as there isn't any water nearby!

    I was living in Merville last year and there seemed to be ducks on Finley Square constantly from about the February midterm onwards... strange place for ducks to hang around, it's definitely not wetland (or former wetland pre-development as Merville) because it's the highest area in Belfield. Does any zoology/vet student want to explain this phenomenon of ducks hanging around res?


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    Spectator#1
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    If you can hang around at the lake why shouldn't the ducks be allowed at Finley Square? Ducks are people too.


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    #18
    upmeath
    Registered Users Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭upmeath


    Hey Spectator#1, what do you say we bring a duck into the library with us and see what the staff make of it? Meet you in Merville at nineteen hundred hours


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    Spectator#1
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    I asked Librocop, if it doesn't have student card its not getting in.


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    #20
    upmeath
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    Damn librocop, what does he know? He's not a real person, unlike the duck! :D


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    singingstranger
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    funky penguin wrote:
    *burp*
    the_swan_duck.jpg


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    #22
    Scraggs
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    SS nobody with a heart could eat these babies! You've been hardened by those damn Germans :(


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    Tá Mé Gaeilge
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    I always wondered how the Swans don't turn brown like the lake? I think Hugh Brady paints them white so they look better in the photos!

    Also on a side-note about the duck fight- the swans would kick ass! It's like that rumour you always hear about a swans wing being powerfull enough to break a human's arm if you go near it! Does anybody actually know anybody who's arm was broken by a swan though?


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    #24
    Umaro
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    bigjimthefirst wrote:
    If you freeze them instead of leaving them out, they tend to keep for longer.

    Haha nice one!


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    Sinfonia
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    Kerrilee-cygnet.jpg
    swpic3_cygnet4babies.jpg
    oo


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    #26
    PharmBoyUCD
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭PharmBoyUCD


    emmm...where did last years signets go?? Maybe some hungry res students??? Wouldnt advise eating them though, probably radioactive.
    *stop it......study*


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    Tá Mé Gaeilge
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    how did you make the lake look clean???


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    #28
    Tayto2000
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    Last years signets got turfed out by the parents, usually happens when they start getting a bit big and go all sulky and adolescent. Anyone remember them going for a wander into the Arts building?


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    #29
    funky penguin
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    SumGuy wrote:
    Kerrilee-cygnet.jpg


    Ha! What an Emo!


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    #30
    Schlemm
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    new%20born%20cygnet%20with%20mother.jpg


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    #31
    Jonny Arson
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    SumGuy wrote:
    Kerrilee-cygnet.jpg
    swpic3_cygnet4babies.jpg
    oo

    AAAAAAWWWWH! :cool:


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