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Sigurd Sig Hansen
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-04-17 18:27:14 UTC
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/illinois-kayaker-drowns-after-being-attacked-by-swan/

wonder what he did to **** it off?

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Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-04-17 19:34:18 UTC
Isn't him being a kayaker a reason enough?

Ignoring that, this is propably the sissiest way a person can possibly die. Death by swan.
Baneken
Arctic Light Inc.
Arctic Light
#3 - 2012-04-17 21:03:30 UTC
And adult Mute Swan can rip mans hand from it's socket, so no swans aren't just some little ducklings that you feed the bread.
A swan is a highly territorial and often will attack anything that comes to it's territory even other water avians, to call a male Mute Swan as vicious would be an understatement.

Also it seems he died because he didn't know how to swim, not because of the swan.
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#4 - 2012-04-17 21:10:07 UTC
Baneken wrote:
And adult Mute Swan can rip mans hand from it's socket, so no swans aren't just some little ducklings that you feed the bread.
A swan is a highly territorial and often will attack anything that comes to it's territory even other water avians, to call a male Mute Swan as vicious would be an understatement.

Also it seems he died because he didn't know how to swim, not because of the swan.



Canadian Geese are the same way. In fact just a little while ago I was strolling around the pond here at work and I stopped to check out a goose nesting and almost got blindsided by her mate. I was seconds away from ripping off my shirt and yelling 'Come at me bro!' when he backed off. But yeah, there are many who are super aggressive, and that 4 ft wing span is nothing to laugh at.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2012-04-17 21:43:43 UTC
We have to kill it, it's tasted human blood! Shocked

article wrote:
Hensley was checking on the swan while in his kayak, but he capsized after the bird moved towards him.


Nm, he was just being a hippie

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Sigurd Sig Hansen
Doomheim
#6 - 2012-04-17 22:12:19 UTC
Baneken wrote:
And adult Mute Swan can rip mans hand from it's socket, so no swans aren't just some little ducklings that you feed the bread.
A swan is a highly territorial and often will attack anything that comes to it's territory even other water avians, to call a male Mute Swan as vicious would be an understatement.

Also it seems he died because he didn't know how to swim, not because of the swan.



hands have sockets?

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Whitehound
#7 - 2012-04-17 22:55:29 UTC
No more excuse for CCP not to name a Caldari ship "Swan".

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-04-17 22:57:31 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
No more excuse for CCP not to name a Caldari ship "Swan".


Swans are graceful and symmetrical P

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Sigurd Sig Hansen
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-04-18 01:37:26 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
No more excuse for CCP not to name a Caldari ship "Swan".


I actually DID that after I read it

plunderbunny has a point tho

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Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#10 - 2012-04-18 02:35:40 UTC
Swans will **** you up. Srsly. That's not an isolated event.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2012-04-18 06:02:04 UTC
Destination SkillQueue wrote:
Isn't him being a kayaker a reason enough?

Ignoring that, this is propably the sissiest way a person can possibly die. Death by swan.


His gravestone will read "Killed by something without claws or teeth"

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Obax Bannon
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-04-18 16:52:11 UTC
Don't know why he would want to go play with swans when his mrs has
a couple of magnificent puppies for him to play with Big smile
Flex Mustang
Vodka and Vice
#13 - 2012-04-18 17:41:04 UTC
Sigurd Sig Hansen wrote:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/illinois-kayaker-drowns-after-being-attacked-by-swan/

wonder what he did to **** it off?



Just being within 100 feet is enough to make one upset.

Back in '96 during my first year at University, they kept two trumpeters swans as mascots on the 2 acre lake next to the union.

In late '97 iirc they replaced them with another breed. You couldn't walk by the lake without getting attacked.


Imagine being in the water, and every time you try and break for some air a 30 lbs pissed off bird would attack your face. You have no other option but to suffer through it until you manage to swim out of its territorial zone.

A ****** way to go tbh.
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#14 - 2012-04-18 18:24:13 UTC
Obax Bannon wrote:
Don't know why he would want to go play with swans when his mrs has
a couple of magnificent puppies for him to play with Big smile



Yo, I heard she's single now, you should get in on that.

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Kattshiro
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#15 - 2012-04-18 18:29:51 UTC
Swans, and geese are ******* mean...(mostly geese) Also belligerent they dont move out of the way really.
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#16 - 2012-04-18 18:40:46 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
His gravestone will read "Killed by something without claws or teeth"


Well, they are 2nd heaviest flying bird on Earth, so you can bet those wings pack a punch.

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Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
#17 - 2012-04-18 18:43:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Louis deGuerre
Met a guy kayaking with a motor cycle helmet. His face was all scars. Horrible.
Turned out he had been kayaking and gotten savaged by birds. Stuck in the kayak he could not protect himself.
Since then he always wore that helmet religiously.

Damn flying dinosaurs !
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2012-04-19 00:12:18 UTC
Louis deGuerre wrote:
Met a guy kayaking with a motor cycle helmet. His face was all scars. Horrible.
Turned out he had been kayaking and gotten savaged by birds. Stuck in the kayak he could not protect himself.
Since then he always wore that helmet religiously.

Damn flying dinosaurs !


He should just get a big kayak and wear full plate, then if he rolls over he can be a keel Big smile

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2012-04-19 02:51:26 UTC
Bam! Inspiration for me to be an asshat about this

http://youtu.be/ID6kSg4oeLU

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Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2012-04-19 21:39:44 UTC
Those swans and geese better enjoy bullying humans while they have the chance. Once the Mayan prophecy/asteroid strike/zombie invasion comes, we'll be calling them dinner.