Black swan family grows at a university in northeast China

A pair of black swans play with their five cygnets in a lake at Jilin University in Changchun City, the capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Sept. 26, 2017. The black swans were donated to the university for its anniversary in 2016. They laid six eggs in August, and five baby swans hatched this month. [Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yao]

A pair of black swans play with their five cygnets in a lake at Jilin University in Changchun City, the capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Sept. 26, 2017. The black swans were donated to the university for its anniversary in 2016. They laid six eggs in August, and five baby swans hatched this month. [Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yao]

A pair of black swans play with their five cygnets in a lake at Jilin University in Changchun City, the capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Sept. 26, 2017. The black swans were donated to the university for its anniversary in 2016. They laid six eggs in August, and five baby swans hatched this month. [Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yao]

A pair of black swans play with their five cygnets in a lake at Jilin University in Changchun City, the capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Sept. 26, 2017. The black swans were donated to the university for its anniversary in 2016. They laid six eggs in August, and five baby swans hatched this month. [Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yao]

A pair of black swans play with their five cygnets in a lake at Jilin University in Changchun City, the capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province, Sept. 26, 2017. The black swans were donated to the university for its anniversary in 2016. They laid six eggs in August, and five baby swans hatched this month. [Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yao]