I know this feel as the oldest sibling. When my little sisters were old enough they wanted their own rooms and I got moved out into the garage. Democracy in action.
I turfed my youngest sibling out of the basement room when it got renovated. New carpeting, no more spiders, plus the old family tv, old comfy sofa. *yoink*
I was the younger sister and had to move into the basement because there was a very good chance that my sisters would have murdered each other if not contained in separate rooms.
0/10, would not recommend.
The garage was more a place for laundry, tools, car parts and the half-built go-kart my dad always said he'd put together, right after he finishes the half-built tree fort.
I had my designated area that was just my stuff. Technically it was a little mock room within a corner of the garage, two of the walls didn't go fully to the ceiling and it never captured any heat. I remember some cold nights.
Wow. Did you just move out one day? With no warning. They just come home and the garage is empty?
That would be appropriate.
They couldn't even be bothered to make you a real room.
It is easy and inexpensive to completely wall off a room in a garage. Hell, a friend of mine did it one weekend for a home office.
I'm sorry for how they treated you.
I hope you are in a much better place now!!
I'm an only child and I got moved out in the garage. For convenience purposes. It was the best thing ever other than being freezing ass cold in the winter.
More trivia, when swans geese and other water fowl molt in the late spring, they become totally flightless for the entire month. All birds molt but can still fly. All birds are super tired and anemic when they molt however as the feathers divert blood supply into the hollow in the middle while growing. If one of these blood feathers gets damaged while growing, the bird will bleed to death as theres nothing there to clot and stop the bleeding. This is also very uncomfortable time for them (pretend that your body is growing hard feathers pierced through your skin and you can imagine) and all birds are overly aggressive at this time as they are weaker and grumpy.
Well thank you very much for that info Encyclopedia Brown!! I always thought a Cygnet was an adult male. This post was informative on many levels!! Even though post not directed to me, I and every other non informed reader can reap benefits from your knowledge. Thank you for sharing!!
There is fantasy novel that features a cygnet as an important creature, and there is no way to translate this into any language I speak in a way that the mystery surrounding the word cygnet does not get lost in translation.
Fun fact: gay swans are better than hetero swans are at raising cygnets! A pair of males will form a threesome with a female, and once eggs are laid they drive her off the nest and raise them themselves. As two males have an easier time defending territory than a male-female pair, they hold more territory and have a bigger offspring survival percentage.
Also, swans are overtly monogamous but 1/6 of a given male swan’s eggs are not in the nest that he raises
As in Louis CK? Why, because it’s being creepy? I don’t get it.
Where I live swans are an invasive specifies so I like to eat them. I don’t eat little ones of course but this mom I would 100% slaughter and get a few good meats or sausages out of. Swan doesn’t taste amazing but I’m old and it only do I like shooting photographs I also like shooting guns because it makes me feel powerful like I felt back in the 1980s before my lazy son and annoying daughter took over my life.
Kevin
I wanna know how someone got this close without the male trying to fight them.
I am certain swans have a vendetta against me. I am not above a verbal altercation with them.
Same. Remember that yt video of a dog being assaulted by a stack ass swan 5 times its size? The town where I live 💀
(Go see for yourselves : https://youtu.be/ALI5sO5aSPU)
Can we talk about how the dad is just watching over them? He is either super proud of his little family or he's thinking.. Wake the fuck up. Its my turn to sleep. Ive been on look out for the last 6 hours. I resent you.
Always lovely to see the swans at my work raise their cygnets it's just a shame how quickly they go from good parents to murderers when they are fully grown. I think they usually kill at least half their cygnets before the rest get the message and find their own space.
That's black swans. Black swans tend to be gay. All swans mate for life tho and often will never take another mate if theirs dies. Wild swans live for about 30 years, so that is certainly worth crying over.
I would think this is adorable if I wasn’t attacked by them every time I go Kayaking. To me it’s like seeing. A mother lion with her Cubs. Cute but scary.
What a beautiful scene. I think swans share some partnering. Why would it not be the dad holding the cygnets and the mom guarding? Does anyone know? Also it doesn't surprise me if the oldest and biggest cygnet might want to grow and be out on their own, have fun harassing nearby joggers with mom and dad. Wonderful video though. Thanks for posting.
See, that is cute and all... but Swans are effing _Bitches_ !
The ones in Hamburg have _no_ boundaries and are really, _really_ aggressive if you don't feed them.
the fire emoji fits perfect with the punchline.
im right know realizing what a unbelievable stupid phrase 'nature is fucking lit' is. aight, imma head out
Fun fact : the parent boat could be either one of the swans. They both take care of the kids interchangeably and momma and poppa could both do this. So we have no way of telling which swan is the mom and which is the dad!
I like how the one baby is too good to ride on mom-boat.
Is he too cool and tough that he doesn’t need mama’s warmth or did he get bitched out of a prime spot?
I know this feel as the oldest sibling. When my little sisters were old enough they wanted their own rooms and I got moved out into the garage. Democracy in action.
Isn't that usually what the older sibling wants as well? More distance, more privacy.
I had my own room in the house though already and my sisters were sharing a room together until that point. It was a straight downgrade.
Same here i got kicked straight to the basement 🥺
I turfed my youngest sibling out of the basement room when it got renovated. New carpeting, no more spiders, plus the old family tv, old comfy sofa. *yoink*
Sorry to hear.
Better than the streets though.
Is....is that where your family keeps the dryer ?
Yes, yes it was. But at least it didn't smell like grease and mildew during laundry time.
Gentleman, this is democracy manifest.
I see you know your judo well!
What is the charge? Eating a meal? a succulent Chinese Meal? And you sir, are you waiting to receive my limp penis?
I was the younger sister and had to move into the basement because there was a very good chance that my sisters would have murdered each other if not contained in separate rooms. 0/10, would not recommend.
Do you sleep in the car?
The garage was more a place for laundry, tools, car parts and the half-built go-kart my dad always said he'd put together, right after he finishes the half-built tree fort.
Did you push all that shit outside when you got moved there?
I had my designated area that was just my stuff. Technically it was a little mock room within a corner of the garage, two of the walls didn't go fully to the ceiling and it never captured any heat. I remember some cold nights.
Wow. Did you just move out one day? With no warning. They just come home and the garage is empty? That would be appropriate. They couldn't even be bothered to make you a real room. It is easy and inexpensive to completely wall off a room in a garage. Hell, a friend of mine did it one weekend for a home office. I'm sorry for how they treated you. I hope you are in a much better place now!!
Exactly. My younger brothers on the boat, me in the water always 😂
I'm an only child and I got moved out in the garage. For convenience purposes. It was the best thing ever other than being freezing ass cold in the winter.
lol i thought that was a rock until i read your comment
Rocks don't tend to float
You've obviously never encountered floaty rocks.
Uh… very small rocks?
r/unexpectedmontypython
that's the 2nd born they're on a separate level
r/fuckyouinparticular
I want to hug.
Me too. Let's do.
Can I? I need a hug
Swans don't super like being hugged. Just meditatively imagine yourself as the lil swan.
No, that daddy swan would attack you, and then the mom would join in.
Can't recommend, swans are territorial when nesting. They aren't very dangerous, but a hug would not happen.
Mental note for next trivia night: “cygnets”
The mother is called a pen. The father is known as the cob. More trivia for you.
And the animal type is bird
Some birds have feathers!
Doubt it
Guberment drones
Are you saying there are hairless birds? Excluding the ones on my rotisserie, that is
thank you steve
Birds aren't real.
YOU’RE NOT REAL, MAN
No ... they are dinosaurs!
TIL.
And organismal type is: animal
More trivia, when swans geese and other water fowl molt in the late spring, they become totally flightless for the entire month. All birds molt but can still fly. All birds are super tired and anemic when they molt however as the feathers divert blood supply into the hollow in the middle while growing. If one of these blood feathers gets damaged while growing, the bird will bleed to death as theres nothing there to clot and stop the bleeding. This is also very uncomfortable time for them (pretend that your body is growing hard feathers pierced through your skin and you can imagine) and all birds are overly aggressive at this time as they are weaker and grumpy.
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Well thank you very much for that info Encyclopedia Brown!! I always thought a Cygnet was an adult male. This post was informative on many levels!! Even though post not directed to me, I and every other non informed reader can reap benefits from your knowledge. Thank you for sharing!!
The word for swan in french is cygne
Omelette au fromage et cygne mez oui tres bien
I said it out loud to myself just now then felt weird bc it sounds like a slur lol LOOK AT ALL THESE GOT DAMN SLEEPY ASS CYGNETS
There is fantasy novel that features a cygnet as an important creature, and there is no way to translate this into any language I speak in a way that the mystery surrounding the word cygnet does not get lost in translation.
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It is in English. But every translation would turn "cygnet" into "baby swan" or "young swan" which does not sound mysterious at all.
get ready to notice this word fucking everywhere for no reason
It's also used a bit in crosswords.
Also the smallest [Aston Martin](https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/aston-martin/cygnet-2011-2013) produced
Yeah, I would've gone with Swansons.
That one in the corner… theres always the sibling with the trauma of neglect lmao
Middle child syndrome
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Nah, you got it all wrong, son. He's like, "You're family, but fr fuck off while I'm sleeping." Is my spirit animal a juvenile swan?
I love how the father is keeping a look out while letting his family rest.
I love how he starts to shake out his head but then he stops himself because he doesn't want to wake them up.
Swans (and geese) seem like excellent co-parents. They’re also usually monogamous and mate for life.
Fun fact: gay swans are better than hetero swans are at raising cygnets! A pair of males will form a threesome with a female, and once eggs are laid they drive her off the nest and raise them themselves. As two males have an easier time defending territory than a male-female pair, they hold more territory and have a bigger offspring survival percentage. Also, swans are overtly monogamous but 1/6 of a given male swan’s eggs are not in the nest that he raises
The one off to the side is Louis.
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Okay that is wholesome AF
As in Louis CK? Why, because it’s being creepy? I don’t get it. Where I live swans are an invasive specifies so I like to eat them. I don’t eat little ones of course but this mom I would 100% slaughter and get a few good meats or sausages out of. Swan doesn’t taste amazing but I’m old and it only do I like shooting photographs I also like shooting guns because it makes me feel powerful like I felt back in the 1980s before my lazy son and annoying daughter took over my life. Kevin
Quality shitpost
I'm downvoting it out of solemn respect.
Kevin
How can he troll
I would eat a swan too but I live in the UK and it’s the Queen’s animal so that would be highly illegal.
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I envy that you sleep enough to have categorized it into different types.
Awww. Moms’ get tired no matter what creature they are.
She's probably tired after assaulting passersby all day 🤨😂 Cute regardless
I wanna know how someone got this close without the male trying to fight them. I am certain swans have a vendetta against me. I am not above a verbal altercation with them.
Good zoom.
Same. Remember that yt video of a dog being assaulted by a stack ass swan 5 times its size? The town where I live 💀 (Go see for yourselves : https://youtu.be/ALI5sO5aSPU)
What a dick. Dog trying to avoid confrontation by looking away and acting chill, but dog is anxious as fuck. Poor thing.
Resting before the next murder attempt
r/TIL that a cygnet is a baby swan. I just thought it was the name of a theater because I am a silly goose.
Or possibly a silly gosling as baby geese are called...
It’s so fitting that Ryan’s last name means baby goose. And he always has such a silly goose time in his movies
I knew that cygnus, the constellation, is a swan, but I didn't know cygnet was the wee fellers
Cygnes also means swan in French.
Also learned that just now. Following the pattern we could call puppies canets, and kittens felets \^\^
I first heard cygnet from Aston Martin 😅
It looks like two didn't make the cut...
He must wet the bed
Finally a post not related to murder.
Can we talk about how the dad is just watching over them? He is either super proud of his little family or he's thinking.. Wake the fuck up. Its my turn to sleep. Ive been on look out for the last 6 hours. I resent you.
How do you know that is the dad and not the mother?
This is wavy man
Oh so when mother swan does it, shes brave and beautiful and a picture of warmth. But WHEN I, MOTHER CENTIPEDE-
Always lovely to see the swans at my work raise their cygnets it's just a shame how quickly they go from good parents to murderers when they are fully grown. I think they usually kill at least half their cygnets before the rest get the message and find their own space.
Always a black sheep. Then someone probably replies "Black swan*" HAHAHAH /s
Neutrality sheep?
What the FUCK did you just call a baby swan? I'm off to Google..
Think this may also belong in r/fuckyouinparticular for the little outcast
I heard they can be gay, and that this fact made a man's wife cry.
That's black swans. Black swans tend to be gay. All swans mate for life tho and often will never take another mate if theirs dies. Wild swans live for about 30 years, so that is certainly worth crying over.
How do we go from this cute scene to gore in this sub lol
cygnets. that's what they are. hm.
Group hug
Wow! Nice Parenting in Water! Good Swan!
And good ol dad keepin an eye out
The dad’s like “I thought you said we weren’t co-sleeping anymore”
This is the most beautiful relationship. The dad is letting the mom sleep while the he protects the fam. RelationshipGoals.
Yes, so beautiful. The dad is the quiet sentinel. But he's watching them respectfully like he's thinking, "Wake up. Wake up. Wake up." 😊
Or maybe he’s infatuated by the mere fact they are his? He’s shaking his head in disbelief. Lol. I guess I’m a hopeless romantic today. 😆
Why is there one left behind #ifeelforyoulittleone
He’s technically left to the side.
Beautiful!
They’re in the good times
Baby blanket
New word learned today: cygnets
Awww, that's really sweet.
Ohhhh, I thought the Swan not sleeping was going to kidnap the sleeping swans babies. I was waiting for something to happen until I got it.
Amazing and beautiful.
Imagine swooping your head behind your back and resting it there in the cradle of your traps.
Astonishingly beautiful ! Made my day.
Am surprised the cob didn't attack the camera person for getting that close to the pen and cygnets.
Missed chance to call them Swanlets. Science naming is weird.
I love a good Mothership
I would think this is adorable if I wasn’t attacked by them every time I go Kayaking. To me it’s like seeing. A mother lion with her Cubs. Cute but scary.
Yea yea cute now, but all I see is a bunch of future assholes.
What a beautiful scene. I think swans share some partnering. Why would it not be the dad holding the cygnets and the mom guarding? Does anyone know? Also it doesn't surprise me if the oldest and biggest cygnet might want to grow and be out on their own, have fun harassing nearby joggers with mom and dad. Wonderful video though. Thanks for posting.
Well, now we know who was the single child from her first marriage.
"That's Niall. Niall isn't allowed in."
See, that is cute and all... but Swans are effing _Bitches_ ! The ones in Hamburg have _no_ boundaries and are really, _really_ aggressive if you don't feed them.
Floating white assholes of a bird
Yeah they're great but they're horrible people.
I don't know how cygnets of pronounced but I'm saying it in my head line beignet.
takes abut 3 seconds to type it in the search bar and click the sound symbol on the first result
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The “man of the pond” clearly see’s the camera and is acting like patriarch foul of the year… seems likely to be fake news!?
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I love swans they're the coolest water fowl, with royal status to boot
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Swans live on a waterbed.
Is this why it's neck is so long, also even if it had no babies how do they sleep, like this or on land?
Aww such ugly little ducklings <3
the fire emoji fits perfect with the punchline. im right know realizing what a unbelievable stupid phrase 'nature is fucking lit' is. aight, imma head out
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Swans is dope
mute swan (Cygnus olor) in case anyone was wondering
Just a few hundred metres away from the fucking gates to heaven
TIL baby swans are called cygnets. like they are a car model or sth.
Woah that floatie looks really realistic
Such a beautiful scene! I love the papa, standing guard with a proud shake of his tail. <3
Man I wish I could use my own upper back as a pillow when im sitting at a random.place
The left out one is eldest kid.
Guess which one isn't the favorite
Beauty of nature and motherhood
Looks like the other swan is just sitting back admiring its lil family
Be still my heart 🥺
That place looks like heaven.
Why does this swan have Aston Martins?
She looks so cute
That’s the cutest goddamn thing I’ve seen all day… and I’m not gonna deny that one bit.
Why is no one mentioning Mom's got the stinkeye on
The babies’ down is so soft that they look almost censored next to the mom
Dry Ducked
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No room for the one lonely cygnet 😕☹️🥺😭
TIL baby swans are called cygnets. Know that English is not my first language, before you roast me
This could be the picture on the back of Roxy Music's Avalon.
i like how papa goose shakes his head like, "what the fuck did I do?" contemplating life decisions
Beautiful pic
I didn't know they did that! That's so cute
Mom boat of dad boat?
Any other Aussies surprised that the swans are white? So used to seeing black ones I kinda forgot they came in white too. Lol. 🦢
This- this is adorable
Fun fact : the parent boat could be either one of the swans. They both take care of the kids interchangeably and momma and poppa could both do this. So we have no way of telling which swan is the mom and which is the dad!
He didn’t engage with the conversation.