They should take to swimming like, er, a duck to water. But why bother when you can ride the Mummy Express instead? These fluffy cygnets opted for the drier – and lazier – option during a family outing in the sun. Photographer David Parker said: "Their mum seemed to be teaching them to swim at first but they soon tired and decided to hitch a ride."

呃，它们本应该像鸭子一般在水里游泳。但是如果有了“妈咪号快车”为什么还要劳烦自己的“爪子”？在一个晴朗天气，天鹅全家出游，毛茸茸的小天鹅就选择了这种干爽且懒惰的出游方式。摄影师大卫帕克说：“一开始它们的妈妈好像在教它们游泳，但一会儿它们就乏了还搭起了顺风车。