Crows left a toddler dripping with blood when they swooped on him in his buggy. The two-year-old boy was out with his mother in Wish Road, Hove, when three of the black birds pecked him in an unprovoked attack.Hmmm, unprovoked?
Resident Helen Laguea carried out first aid on the boy after her father, David Husbands, witnessed the horror as he walked through the street.'The horror'...
“The woman couldn’t believe how aggressive the birds were. She said there were three of them.
“Blood was coming from his head and he was crying as his mum examined him.
“I nipped back to my daughter’s house opposite to get some antiseptic wipes and she sat on the doorstep to clean him up.
“After five or ten minutes they went on their way.
“As they left, one of the crows brazenly flew down and perched on a nearby post.”It's picking its next victim! But seriously, is there no clue to this sort of behaviour?
Mrs Laguea, 39, said the aggressive crows, who are nesting in a tree next to Wish Park, began harassing a dog walker shortly after attacking the boy.Ah. There we go.
The man, she said, had to “furiously swing a bag of poo” to make them go away.I...
I just...
*collapses laughing*
7 comments:
If you see a rook on its own, it is a crow. If you see more than one crow they are rooks.
Tough on crows, tough on the causes of crows.
Jaded
Whilst walking through a park in Sydney, Australia, wife and I came upon a sign reading "Beware! Nesting magpies."
Oh, we thought, that's nice, we'll keep quiet.
No. It was a sign warning of the VERY aggressive behaviour of nesting corvids. As we found out. I needed two stitches to a scalp wound, wife's hair-do was ruined but she escaped unscathed.
Crows are the most intelligent of the Corvids. Oh yes, they have been known to turn on humans who harass them. Especially during nesting season. Just Google 'crow attack' for proof. Or watch this video for fun.
https://youtu.be/wfGSVOzxuew
Follow these instructions if you are minus an enraged aerial predator or three.
Place toddler on table. Rest your elbow near his head with your forearm at 45 degrees and grip a pen, nice and tightly, between thumb and first two fingers. Now - using wrist movements only - stab repeatedly downwards as hard as possible. That’s called “pecking” and more or less at one crow-power to boot. Ah, the little fellow’s howling now. Tee hee, you might collapse laughing if you aren’t careful!
Another thing crows can do is recognise themselves in a mirror, evidently a step too far for some people.
- richard
Three crows? I thought two was attempted murder. (sprints for the exit).
- Justin
"If you see a rook on its own, it is a crow. If you see more than one crow they are rooks."
Country wisdom!
"...wife and I came upon a sign reading "Beware! Nesting magpies.""
Ooh, yes, Australia and its murderfauna!
"Or watch this video for fun.
https://youtu.be/wfGSVOzxuew"
I can't figure out what country that is. The US?
"That’s called “pecking” and more or less at one crow-power to boot. "
Yup, they can do a number on you, all right.
"Three crows? I thought two was attempted murder. (sprints for the exit)."
/applause
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