Meanwhile, in the Swan Butt Department...

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You will be pleased to know:

"Bewick's swans' bottoms sized up for science"
By Victoria Gill
Science and nature reporter, BBC News

"Bigger bottoms are definitely better - for swans at least.

Scientists at the UK's Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust are measuring the size of Bewick's swans' behinds, to see if they have the fat reserves to survive their long migration to Arctic Russia.

The swans' population is in decline and the researchers want to find out if a shortage of suitable food at their UK wintering sites could be the cause.

The birds are just about to embark on their annual journey.

Researchers at the WWT's wetland centre in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, are trying to gather the measurements before the birds set off on their migration."

link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9421000/9421133.stm

Must be one hell of an interesting job title.
Swan Butt Assessor?