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Remains from prehistoric settlements in North America indicate that the trumpeter swan was eaten and that trumpeter swan bones were used to make primitive tools and beads.
The trumpeter swan travels in parties and small flocks. They are normally sedentary and partly migration.
The Trumpeter swan is almost entirely vegetarian. It eats leaves and stems of aquatic plants, seeds, grain tubers, insects, snails, small reptiles and fish, mollusks and occasionally crustaceans.
Swans were hunted for many economic uses. In the past, their feathers were used by primitive people for arrow making and decorations and ornamental wear.
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Art and Poetry

The Wings of a Swan

The wings of a swan are so graceful that God made it pure white.

The wings of a swan skim the lake's surface like the brush of one's fingertips across a silk sea of fabric.

The wings of a swan are as soft as a newborn puppy's fur as it sleeps in God's hands.

The wings of a swan is the wonder of how something can be so beautiful and peaceful.

And the way the swan moves is like someone sliding across an icing ring in shoes, while its neck states its gracefulness and winder.

The wings of a swan are just plane beautiful.

Pictures Sites

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Work Cited

Sze, Lillian. "Trumpeter Swan." 2004. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 11 Feb 2004. <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cygnus

Rasmussen, Ray. "The Trumpeter Swan (Olor buccinator)." 2003. Wildlife Department . 11 Feb 2004. <http://raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/swan.html>.

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