They are lesser relatives of the swan, a form that the promiscuous Zeus adopted to seduce Leda, queen, by the way, of a country of fierce fighters who became a legend in the Thermopylae pass, as the powerful Persian armies could well see.
However, without these antecedents and even lacking the beauty and elegance of swans - it was not in vain that it appeared on the coat of arms of Tristan, whose epic romance with Isolde was the precedent of the great impossible loves - they are also beautiful animals. and certainly photogenic.
On occasions, in addition, they serve the cause of Surrealism, being able to obtain from them such unique poses, which resemble those fantastic recreations of medieval mirabilis bestiaries, where they allow themselves to be carried away by the imagination, in terms of the capricious forms they adopt, being these much more intense, still, if they are reflected in that makeshift mirror, which are always the waters of a peaceful pond.
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