Elegant Palace Swans Ring a Bell for Food in Moat
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#6MWSE)
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The very elegant swans of The Bishop's Palace & Gardens in Wells, Somerset, England have learned to pull on a rope that's attached to a bell at during lunch time. Once the bell rings, food is dropped from the window. This tradition has been going for centuries and originated when the palace had a pair of mute swans swimming in their moat.
The Swans Learn at a Very Young Age to Ring the BellNewer Swans Will Also Be TaughtSince the 1850s, The Bishop's Palace has been home to a pair of mute swans whose talent of ringing a bell for food has made them famous across the world.