the wrong type sorry wrote:
He had goose insurance but nothing for swan attacks.
I have to admit, I laughed at that one.
the wrong type sorry wrote:
He had goose insurance but nothing for swan attacks.
I have to admit, I laughed at that one.
On a somewhat related note, I was at a lake once in high school with some friends having a picnic and we were kicking around a soccer ball. One girl got a little to close to some swans who were meandering around near the shore and the swan pecked at her heels and started chasing her... I nailed that sucker so hard it flew 10 feet and scuttled away like a bitch... I was proud.
4:05.9 wrote:
On a somewhat related note, I was at a lake once in high school with some friends having a picnic and we were kicking around a soccer ball. One girl got a little to close to some swans who were meandering around near the shore and the swan pecked at her heels and started chasing her... I nailed that sucker so hard it flew 10 feet and scuttled away like a bitch... I was proud.
yea, it evens out. they have the upper hand in the water, while humans have the advantage on land. did you see the video i posted of the swan attacking the dog in the water? it looked like the swan was practically walking on water, and it was moving around backwards and everything.
He should've had AFLAC!!
When I was a boy I was at a neighbors house playing with friends. My friends dad went out to swim with the swans in their small pond. The swans proceeded to beat the hell out of him. Lucky for him the pond was small and only about 7 feet deep. He got out of the pond and walked directly to the house without saying a word. Came straight back with the shotgun, shot all three swans and returned to the house without speaking. His face and shoulders were bruised for days by the beating he took from the swans wings.
Your friend is a coward for shooting the swans. A real man would have fought them with his fists.
A medieval herald once took at subtle jab a much-hated duke by drawing a swan as a supportive beast on his crest. The reason being that the evil core of a swan is quickly exposed by defeathering it to reveal its leathery, pitch-black skin.
In any event, I fondly remember laughing for hours at footage from a newsreal in Germany in which a businessman almost casually chucked a swan in a lake by his ugly long neck (in defense).
Perhaps we can all learn from his technique.
A medieval herald once took at subtle jab a much-hated duke by drawing a swan as a supportive beast on his crest. The reason being that the evil core of a swan is quickly exposed by defeathering it to reveal its leathery, pitch-black skin.
In any event, I fondly remember laughing for hours at footage from a newsreal in Germany in which a businessman almost casually chucked a swan in a lake by his ugly long neck (in defense).
Perhaps we can all learn from his technique.
A medieval herald once took at subtle jab a much-hated duke by drawing a swan as a supportive beast on his crest. The reason being that the evil core of a swan is quickly exposed by defeathering it to reveal its leathery, pitch-black skin.
In any event, I fondly remember laughing for hours at footage from a newsreal in Germany in which a businessman almost casually chucked a swan in a lake by his ugly long neck (in defense).
Perhaps we can all learn from his technique.
Stop abusing this board with your spam, bguyj200012y1. Everyday you litter this board with your "news" links so you can get some pittance for the click through. Go away.
No Thanks Given wrote:
I didn't even know we had turkeys in this part of the country, and isn't it too hot for them right now? Was this thing rabid or something? It didn't get me, but it tried. Its feathers were all out and scary looking.
It's never too hot for turkeys. Turkeys are native to Mexico and Guatemala. There are two kids, both descended from pheasants, and both still live there. Their range extends north through most of the United States. Any bird that can survive in the Yucatan doesn't worry about heat.
Turkeys can actually fly for short bursts up to 55 mph, and can run up to 30mph. If one attacks, you can't outrun it on foot.
Cortes found natives in Mexico raising Turkeys for food when he arrived in 1519. The native Mexicans had domesticated the birds. Spaniards brought the birds back to Spain where they were raised and soon Turkey was popular throughout Europe.
When the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in 1620, they were surprised to find Turkeys there, not realizing that the birds they ate at home were actually native to the Americas.
A lot of native Yucatecan food still uses Turkey (Pavo) as a main source of animal protein. Dishes like salbutes and panuchos are often topped with turkey meat.
Linsanity wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cV4FCwtTEo&feature=relatedBoom.
Good sir, this video was already posted above. Thank you anyway, though. It is a great video. Worthy of being posted twice.
This is actually how he died http://roflmouse.com/2012/03/funny-animal-gifs-dont-happen/
bguyj200012y1 wrote:
yep, and imagine being caught in the water with no life jacket against that thing, even if u can swim. they float naturally and are in better position to attack and disorient a person. im sure the swan didnt drown him in the same sense they drown ducks, but im sure he lost enough enery tryin to fend it off, probably suffered a gouged eye too.
Saw on the news that the dead guy was wearing heavy clothes and boots. He probably would have sunk and died just by falling in the water - let alone being attacked by a swan.
Schwansteiger wrote:
A medieval herald once took at subtle jab a much-hated duke by drawing a swan as a supportive beast on his crest. The reason being that the evil core of a swan is quickly exposed by defeathering it to reveal its leathery, pitch-black skin.
In any event, I fondly remember laughing for hours at footage from a newsreal in Germany in which a businessman almost casually chucked a swan in a lake by his ugly long neck (in defense).
Perhaps we can all learn from his technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0do8ruFgGVU
That's a great video. "Casual" is about right. The swan never knew what hit him.
Is the swan in quarantine?
about time to ask wrote:
Is the swan in quarantine?
Yeah, really.....pits get quarantined just for barking loudly at people:
http://www.change.org/petitions/rhinelander-wi-oneida-county-courts-judge-r-kinney-stop-breed-discrimination-and-return-haydes-to-her-ownersBirds are meaner and crazier than people give them credit for. Funny that so many people are mentioning the C&O towpath, I once was running and saw some dude getting attacked by one of the geese right in that area. Now I wonder if it was one of you.
I myself had a small skirmish with one right near the Key Bridge where all the teenagers hang out. It's wicked hard to hit them! You feel like you're getting attacked by several animals at once because their wings are flopping, their head is all over the place and they come bombing in from random directions. Plus they attack your balls. I'm used to dealing with dogs but bird fighting is a completely different style. You have to just rapidly punch down at them like a speedbag and then just take off running at your first opportunity. I don't know what I would do if I was in a kayak.
Now I just charge through them like a maniac and hope for the best. I think they respect aggression and are angered by trepidation.
dean moriarty wrote:
Birds are meaner and crazier than people give them credit for. Funny that so many people are mentioning the C&O towpath, I once was running and saw some dude getting attacked by one of the geese right in that area. Now I wonder if it was one of you.
I myself had a small skirmish with one right near the Key Bridge where all the teenagers hang out. It's wicked hard to hit them! You feel like you're getting attacked by several animals at once because their wings are flopping, their head is all over the place and they come bombing in from random directions. Plus they attack your balls. I'm used to dealing with dogs but bird fighting is a completely different style. You have to just rapidly punch down at them like a speedbag and then just take off running at your first opportunity. I don't know what I would do if I was in a kayak.
Now I just charge through them like a maniac and hope for the best. I think they respect aggression and are angered by trepidation.
Glad I am not the only one whose nuts were attacked!
It probably was me that you saw. I was kicking like the devil and so damn mad at the thing... then it bit me and I went into defense mode and just wanted to protect my nuts and get by it... So scary.
I don't think they quarantine birds because they do not carry rabies.