First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, Cygnus Cygnus can be considered a swan among swans, the type species, hence archetype, of all swans.

1758年，卡尔·林奈第一次描绘的天鹅——大天鹅，一直被人们视为天鹅中的天鹅，天鹅物种的代表，也是所有天鹅完美无瑕的原型。

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Before Europeans discovered Australia, we had no reason to believe that swans could be any other color but white.

塔勒布：在欧洲人发现澳洲之前，我们没有理由相信天鹅除了白颜色还有其他什么颜色。

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The swans are considered to be a Hamburg emblem.

天鹅们更被认为是汉堡市的象征。

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An electricity company has said swans could be to blame for a number of power cuts in a Cambridgeshire village.

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But we do know who society's winners will be: those who are prepared to face Black Swans, to be exposed to them, to recognize them when they show up and to rigorously exploit them.

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Football, of course, is riddled with clubs rejecting young ugly ducklings, who later turn out to be swans.

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