And THAT, my dear Scriveyn...
 

...is why the average person only employs a vocabulary of 3,500 words.
"Oh my good man, you said belluine! I thought you said culicine. Of course that makes perfect sense and I couldn't agree with you more."

As for the swans, I don't know how they got their start but in China at a lot of the parks that have lakes in them they sell fish food so you can feed them when you visit. The goldfish can get pretty big and there can be quite a frenzy. You almost feel as though there are enough fish that you could take a quick step across them and not sink.

A friend of mine has a stock pond where the fish are trained -
when you stomp your feet on the dock, they swarm towards you (expecting handfuls of dogfood pellets) ...

It is. I see replicated fish heads and waves. Dunno why, it's not like it helps the story.

and the next day, the swan was eaten by the chinese.