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  Giant Golden Swan

 

Thailand

This Giant Golden Swan, known in Thai as hong thong yak, stands at Wat Huai Leuk, a temple in Prachuap Khirikhan. It reportedly initially had a bell hanging from its beak, but this was removed on the request of the local authorities as is was deemed a hazard for —and because of— the traffic rushing by underneath it and the aerodynamic turbulence this causes.

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