Nissim Taleb had a whole theory about
The Black Swan events...
...for me it happened in Taipei Zoo earlier this week.
From a distance it was a blur, in spite of the camera zoom.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUZKkBQd5uXDVC3NKNHScPWMA7xldFfTb_HDsWrLhhe9X7nfrZtPW7M1z3Vr2xxuEHA0Oo5SaCBPph5s98QJmDZKFFML-r3nJ_l0lWnT4ZpejqsN4DiCeQXg1P_uI6g2wDDV7/s400/Taiwan+258.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWC_VrBCY9sfr7nG3yg_ZktRAX6RlRY4j9uVEFQrqamUr3HZImtcJfAFi3WHBM03U6l0_IG5Hxyp-uo5rA1TFzIXgn6X6ETh_F08C5mWsshBY7-tK3R3VNymDMhugneYyMvEX/s400/Taiwan+260.jpg)
..but then it turned, and floated like a poetry towards me...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHVUzpjDic-RM4EGYBgIWgrnW5ZM7oZIttKmrExaWNaVXfOTrPi3QGnRRAt_93BpdoyOzPQLGLb00vMA7eHg8e2DQ8BigC_0gr4ac3laDSgVKLj039i-Nf8kZoFWd5QaynfLp/s400/Taiwan+261.jpg)
..did the photo-ops...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LsODbUgbkAtCgUVkXQjU58y8W1mk4ACnt8BRbVOXS0lXaOS5b1ow20llMAuXVUdi_jPBaeYWRh0oa3lcNM6D13FGqvW5S9fN4hURvlp_qUXRkiKXjKbDpiXUWGqeYDNCMYCN/s400/Taiwan+262.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwv5uMR0nggbL5WqdQHb80Ok_V4cNjL4JiE9ktIqhlk6jPtvc3J9IyOWIf0sxXSX96x-a_msC5pssC8PuE6I-UbdtmNDAkm9qK6erzu4E703U9TIXct0m4-s-VqQtlJE51fev/s400/Taiwan+263.jpg)
...and left, as gracefully as it came...