Deborah J. Pain, Ruth Cromie & Rhys E. Green

Muddy and bloody carpel joint of a lead poisoned whooper swan

Cygnus cygnus

(1): due to paralysis of the bird’s legs it

had been using its wings to propel itself on land prior to death. The blood staining on the bird’s breast

(2)

illustrates that

the abrasions have been bleeding.

Photo Credit: WWT