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The Black Swan is a large bird native to Australia and New Zealand. They're around 1.1-1.4 meters in length from head to tail and have a wingspan of up to two meters. Though they are mostly black, they have a bright red beak and white flight feathers which are hidden beneath their wings while they aren't flying. Among swans, the Black Swan has the longest neck relative to their overall size. Their diet consists of aquatic plants and grass on land.

Black Swans live in the wetlands of southwestern and southeastern Australia and migrate frequently. In the Winter months they migrate inlands to breed when the usually dry lands become wetter. Black Swans mate for life and often have homosexual pairs (usually males). They live and move in flocks of up to hundreds of individuals. Both parents share the responsibilities of nest building, incubating and feeding. They will often reuse and rebuild the same nest they used last year. They become very aggressive in order to protect their nests and offspring. After breeding, the birds will moult and are unable to fly for about a month until the feather regrew. The parents will abandon their offspring should the dry conditions return early.

Black Swans have been introduced to England and other European nations as an ornamental bird in the 1800s and later on in Japan and China. Due to their migratory nature, many have escaped and formed stable feral populations. The Black Swan does not have any natural predators and is protected by law in Australia.

The Black Swan appeared as an expression for something that does not exist in ancient Rome around 200AD. Even in 16th century Britain that expression was still used to describe the impossible, as there were never any recordings of swans of any other colour than white. The Black Swan species was eventually discovered in Australia in 1697. As a result, the meaning of the expression changed entirely into something that undoes the logic of a given system of thought.

Kemono Friends' Black Swan appeared in the Nexon Mobile Game. She often expresses her thoughts loudly and gets embarrassed when she notices others hearing them. Her outfit is entirely black. She wears a sleeveless black top with a notched collar and inside the latter a shirt with sleeves and ruffled cuffs. She has a blue gradient scarf, tied into a bow. She wears a skirt with two tiers of ruffles hemline. She has a pair of high black tights, and black ballets with ribbons tied into a bow around the ankles. Similar to the Black swan's beak colors, her short black hair has a fringe tinted in red and white. Her eyes are fully red. She bears the white wings and black feathered tail of the Black Swan. Like other friends based on animals with long necks, she wears a scarf.