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Just grab its neck? They weight like 10 kgs, no?
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
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 wouldn’t want to? They are the things known for their agression! And an animal loses all sympathy once it attacks me unprovoked!
Depends on the age. Fully grown ones can weigh a lot more than 10kg. Source
Fuck a duck
You've definitely never been ambushed and attacked by a swan, those fuckers are crazy, I got in a few fights with the local swans when I was younger, you'd be surprised at how tough those little fuckers are. They're like upmarket geese.
Canadian geese hiss and that shit can startle the shit out of someone. Imagine hearing a snake out of a goose.
Around about there yeah, they can get up about 15kg but most are smaller. There are videos of people grabbing them by the neck and putting them back in the water.
But people love to overplay geese and swans as these powerful beasts because of how aggressive and loud they are, and that they can cause bleeding and such with their beak. Some even throw around the idea that they can break your arm. Meanwhile their bones are much smaller and honeycombed. They're about the strength of a really stale breadstick.
I've heard their wings can break your arm, so it might not be just as simple as that. Still probably a good first step. But if this happened when he's out swimming where he can't stand, that would be an advantage for the swan.
I have been put KO by a chicken when I tried to catch it and it hits me with one of its wing. So I can totally seen a swan fucks you up with his wings.
I think that is a myth. Birds have hollow bones me thinks.
I would like my chances.. grab it by the neck, swing it like a hammer at the ground
...while swimming?