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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