SWANS WHO RING FOR MEALS.
In the moat surrounding the Bishop's Palace at Wells, Somerset, England, the swans ring for their meals by pulling a rope attached to a bell. Nearly a hundred years ago a daughter of one of the bishops taught the swans to do this. She had the bell with the rope fitted up and the swans were soon interested in the long, dangling cord. Directly any of the birds pulled the rope hard enough to ring the bell -some pieces of bread were at once thrown out. .The birds soon discovered that when they were'hungry all they had to do was to give the rope a tug. Of course, the swans that first learned to ring for their meals are dead, but the trick has been copied by other birds for several generations.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1934, Page 16
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137SWANS WHO RING FOR MEALS. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1934, Page 16
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