Jun 6, 2025
My favourite black swan fact is that for centuries in Europe "black swan" was a term for an opposite of something that could never realistically exist. It was an unreal thing. And then Europeans finally reach Australia and HOLY SHIT! BLACK SWANS?!??
Yes! I always thought that was cool too!
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), parent with cygnets, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Auckland, New Zealand
Native to Australia, introduced elsewhere.
photograph by Ben Ackerley