The animal ambulance in Den Bosch is called flat, because local residents are worried about Zwaan Narcissus. The animal hangs around every day in a bus shelter near the Buitenpepers district, where it lower and attacks his own mirror image by beating the glass with its head.
The neighborhood thinks the swan does that, because he sees his own rival in the glass, and wants to protect his mugs (young swans) against it. The animal ambulance has a different theory: “Zwaan Narcissus, named after a mythological figure who was in love with his own mirror image, is not at all angry,” they say. “He is in love!”, The organization writes on Facebook.
And in itself. “We have been to De Zwaan several times and have observed him for a long time, he was clearly not angry,” said the animal ambulance.
But the local residents are not satisfied with the explanation. “He is not in love with his mirror image, but sees his rival. He tries to protect his mugs and all this gives him a lot of stress,” says a worried local resident on Facebook.
Another residents drives past it several times a week. “It looks crazy every time, so on a piece of hard land. But he doesn’t hurt a fly, he is staring around it.” And someone else says: “It’s not a nice story at all, and the animal ambulance should know that.” He constantly seeks his rival instead of his mirror image. “
Yet the animal ambulance says that nobody really has to worry. “No matter how crazy Narcissus is on his family and how much he likes to protect them.
“So we really know what we are doing,” the animal ambulance assures. “So you see Narcissus sitting? Then smile and leave him alone. Then we do that too.”
The animal ambulance has informed the municipality of the Buurtzwaan and asked if they want to hang matt foil in the bus shelter, so that the glass no longer reflects.