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Old 05 March 2011, 21:49   #1
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Old 06 March 2011, 08:18   #2
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In your complex world, these may indeed be "swans".

However under the willk Seabird Simplex Classification System this keys out as a duck, albiet a large one. The smaller ones tend to follow trawlers more than ribs.

If you get a black one, it'll be a penguin.
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do you ever go out in the daylight or is it really that dark up norf!
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do you ever go out in the daylight or is it really that dark up norf!
Only 3 months of the year....
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