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Fast Facts:

  • Mute swans are not really mute. They do make sounds such as hissing, grunting or snorting.

  • Mute swans mate for life, but will take another partner is one of the pair dies.

Swan Mute

Scientific Name: Cygnus olor
Classification: Length: 60 inches
Wingspan: 75 inches
Weight: Females average 26 pounds, and males average 22 pounds
Range: Throughout Great Britain and Ireland, northern Europe and parts
of Mongolia.
Habitat: wetlands
Diet: In the wild, mute swans eat aquatic vegetation, grass and grain
Size: Length: 60 inches
Wingspan: 75 inches
Weight: Females average 26 pounds, and males average 22 pounds
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