An unusual animal storySourced
A goose, a swan,
and their unusual family.
Thomas the goose lived alongside Henry, a male black swan, for years in New Zealand. When a female swan joined them, Thomas helped raise the chicks and taught them to fly because Henry could not.
The cross-species family
became a local favorite.
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