Black Swan Sighting

By Edward Harrison On Aug 6, 2009

As I mentioned earlier this week, I am actually on a two-week holiday in Simcoe County, Ontario, just 90 minutes north of Toronto. We went to the Elmvale Jungle Zoo, an amazing place that has a huge variety of animals. It is really a remarkable zoo which I recommend highly.

Just near the end of our trip, I spied the best sighting there: Black Swans, right here in Canada. Honestly, I found them stunning creatures to see up close – they seemed a bit unreal. I can only imagine what it was like for the Europeans who first saw them in Australia. No wonder Taleb was so impressed.

I wonder if this is an omen of some sort.

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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Anonymous says 15 years ago

You were drinking too much Sleemans.
Edward Harrison says 15 years ago

Hilarious. No, it was Robert Simpson. But, the picture is real – I took it! They do have black swans at the Elmvale Zoo.

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