The New Mammy and Daddy of UCD

PharmBoyUCD · 13-05-2007 10:40am #1

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!!

princess-sprkle · 13-05-2007 11:11am

aw, it's almost enough to melt my heart

Schlemm · 13-05-2007 12:06pm

Where did all of last year's cygnets go??

funky penguin · 13-05-2007 12:07pm

*burp*

The_Minister · 13-05-2007 12:26pm

/Runs to buy BBQ sauce.

stolenwine · 13-05-2007 12:48pm

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.

hullaballoo · 13-05-2007 2:26pm

funky penguin wrote:

*burp*

Rofl.

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

Stepherunie · 13-05-2007 2:31pm

Wouldn't that make them inbred? Eugh.

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

Vorsprung · 13-05-2007 2:36pm

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.

Bartronilic · 13-05-2007 2:38pm

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

Fremen · 13-05-2007 2:47pm

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

Sangre · 13-05-2007 2:49pm

Fremen wrote:

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

The bookies.

Spectator#1 · 13-05-2007 3:45pm

I saw the moment of conception

WOOHOO!

Wrong thread, oops...

Scraggs · 13-05-2007 4:11pm

Schlemm wrote:

Where did all of last year's cygnets go??

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!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 13-05-2007 4:34pm

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.

upmeath · 13-05-2007 5:36pm

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?

Spectator#1 · 13-05-2007 5:40pm

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

upmeath · 13-05-2007 5:48pm

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

Spectator#1 · 13-05-2007 5:54pm

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

upmeath · 13-05-2007 5:56pm

Damn librocop, what does he know? He's not a real person, unlike the duck!

singingstranger · 13-05-2007 10:41pm

funky penguin wrote:

*burp*

Scraggs · 13-05-2007 10:44pm

SS nobody with a heart could eat these babies! You've been hardened by those damn Germans

Tá Mé Gaeilge · 14-05-2007 1:27am

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?

Umaro · 14-05-2007 4:08am

bigjimthefirst wrote:

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

Haha nice one!

Sinfonia · 14-05-2007 8:51am

oo

PharmBoyUCD · 14-05-2007 9:55am

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

Tá Mé Gaeilge · 14-05-2007 11:02am

how did you make the lake look clean???

Tayto2000 · 14-05-2007 11:08am

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?

funky penguin · 14-05-2007 1:38pm

SumGuy wrote:

Ha! What an Emo!

Schlemm · 14-05-2007 1:51pm

Jonny Arson · 14-05-2007 2:47pm

SumGuy wrote:

oo

AAAAAAWWWWH! :cool:

Vorsprung · 14-05-2007 4:41pm

All they need is a bit of this

Sinfonia · 14-05-2007 5:48pm

Tá M&#233 wrote: »

how did you make the lake look clean???

Cillit Bang

Riamfada · 14-05-2007 6:42pm

Swan Lake. I wish our swans looked liked this.

panda100 · 14-05-2007 8:01pm

awhh those little ducklings are just adorable!cutest thngs ever especially when they 'quack' and it comes out as a little squeak!

Vorsprung · 14-05-2007 8:10pm

Grimes wrote:

Swan Lake. I wish our swans looked liked this.

Whoa resize the pic Grimesy!

Spectator#1 · 14-05-2007 11:59pm

The_Minister · 15-05-2007 12:12am

I love you man.

Notorious · 15-05-2007 10:14am

Spectator#1 wrote:

Someone obviously had enough of parenting

Blush_01 · 15-05-2007 5:50pm

HE was probably too proud to ask for directions. And now he's stuck in a tree. Typical!

Those cygnets are the most adorable things ever. Love the swan and cygnet photo too.

burnedfaceman · 15-05-2007 5:57pm

bigjimthefirst wrote:

All they need is a bit of this

CathyMoran · 17-05-2007 8:44pm

The photo's of the cygnets are making me pine for the place even more than usual - cute

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