• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    you don’t want to fight a swan, they’re like geese but upscaled. when i was taking photos of them once from a distance, i heard one make a noise like an actual dinosaur. do not fuck with swans, especially if the have their children around

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      10 hours ago

      I’ve seen a single swan absolutely beat the shit out of a handful of geese over an extended period of time. I’ve seen plenty of predators and prey, but this was pretty disturbing. Maybe because it wasn’t a predator in that fight at all.

      Every human in earshot was standing around like “do we… do something? It’s nature, but… that’s fucked up”

      • I’d say both the swan and the geese are predators. Some of the most dangerous things around (mainly to fish) unless you’re in an area with crocs or gators. I guess they also share space with dangerous snakes and various African and Australian animals but I’m talking more about areas I’ve been.

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      12 hours ago

      I wouldn’t want to? They are the things known for their agression! And an animal loses all sympathy once it attacks me unprovoked!