{"id":76,"date":"2013-01-20T01:36:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T01:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2014-01-01T17:33:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T17:33:56","slug":"death-of-a-swan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?page_id=76","title":{"rendered":"Death of a Swan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TvUtq14iDMs\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nThis video shows a slow death for a swan that has ingested toxic white phosphorus on 10 March 2008.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Annotations which are appropriate to the sequence of clinical signs in red are from a leading US expert in the study of white phosphorus poisoning of wildfowl who has viewed this footage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=643\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-643\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-643\" alt=\"scan0024\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/scan0024.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Between 5:14 and 5:17pm &#8211; Swan is drinking heavily and trying to vomit up contents showing violent head shaking followed by periods of apparent calm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4738 aligncenter\" alt=\"scan0025\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0025.jpg\" width=\"509\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cDrinking (or apparently drinking), repeated and often exaggerated or violent head shakes are typical of white phosphorus poisoning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5:45pm &#8211; Swan has started circling and has backed into centre of pool near main pipe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan00141.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4747 aligncenter\" alt=\"scan0014\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan00141.jpg\" width=\"513\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cCircular swimming has been seen in ducks and convulsions are clear and obvious in birds poisoned by white phosphorus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5:51pm &#8211; Swan is showing violent convulsions in pool and swimming around in tight ever decreasing circles. Also observed were patterns of opisphotonus (throwing head back and neck onto back to tip of tail). During this period, the swan was almost drowning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan00121.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4748 aligncenter\" alt=\"scan0012\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan00121.jpg\" width=\"525\" height=\"544\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7:00pm &#8211; After about an hour the swan was caught and put in a swan bag. It was easily approachable by this time and had practically beached itself on \u201cthe beach\u201d area near to the Eastern embankment. To catch it required me to wade through sediment, and the swan was also covered in sediment. Taken home, this sediment was washed off down the shower. Had I known then what I now know, I would have been considerably more cautious.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cBirds are easily approached when intoxicated by white phosphorus.\u00a0 Sometimes, but not always, approaching the birds will trigger convulsions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4721\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0098.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4721\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4721  \" alt=\"scan0098\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0098.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">taut neck movements and convulsions<\/p><\/div>\n<p>8:35pm At Wychbold Swan Rescue under UV lamp, the swan was still showing clinical convulsions and also periods of stillness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_507\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=507\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-507\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-507 \" title=\"Swan suffering from white phosphorus poisoning\" alt=\"At swan rescue under UV lamp\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2030_0101rhodia0083.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swan suffering from white phosphorus poisoning<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By morning it was dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video shows a slow death for a swan that has ingested toxic white phosphorus on 10 March 2008. 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