I hate kids. This makes me smile.

I live in Australia.

This looks funny, but when it happens to you, it's terrifying!

They are evil little bastards!!

Team Magpie

He’s lucky that he’s wearing a helmet. I’ve seen people covered in blood from magpie attacks. They’re very territorial, especially in Spring.

Hitchcock's THE BIRDS in real life.

Such as

I know that people are going to say that I'm tragically clueless, but I would have NEVER imagined that it was possible for anything other than carrion birds, to attack people.

Anyway, I guess that for a child, this would be really scary, even if it looks hilarious. Still, I somehow don't believe that a magpie could attack a full grown adult.

Heh heh heh. Too bad it wasn’t a pterodactyl.

[quote] I hate kids. This makes me smile.

Cheers!

"They are evil little bastards!!"

R1, are you talking about the birds, or the children?

Crow attacks are on the rise. They have learnt from magpies!

I am wondering why the Magpie left the person filming alone.

Magpies are oddly attracted to jewellery... A friend was polishing some silver articles outside, and had removed her rings... A Magpie swooped down and flew away with one. It really was quite startling. It's very easy to hate them, even as an animal lover. I've heard of them attacking small dogs as well.

I was once "terrorized" by crows whenever I walked through a block between my house and the market.

This went on for weeks until one day I had the idea to lift my jacket up high over my head (like I was spreading my wings) and the attacks stopped.

The best part of the video is the asshole fixed on getting the shot and doing NOTHING to help protect a small child. What a piece of work that guy is.

In America we have “swallows” which can be quite predatory

I would bust out laughing if the magpie attacked the OP and drew blood.

They got nothing on wild Turkeys in the US who will stalk and harass you indefinitely.

Where was Suzanne Pleshette?

[quote]I know that people are going to say that I'm tragically clueless, but I would have NEVER imagined that it was possible for anything other than carrion birds, to attack people.

Magpies 𝑎𝑟𝑒 carrion birds, R6. It's what they primarily eat.

Are magpies the French Bulldogs of the bird kingdom?

Risselty rosselty now now nooowwww

Kids are alright. But I definitely laughed at this.

They’re highly territorial when they have a nest full of chicks nearby. I read somewhere that they also yank out hair as they use that to build their nests - not too sure about that one though.

This is why most bike riders in Australia (and maybe elsewhere - not sure about that either) glue plastic spikes to their helmets, as for some reason magpies go crazy with cyclists.

Actually, I’m with the magpies on that one.

I wasn’t joking at r15. They will swarm and dive bomb you and scare the shit out of a child. Here to attest.

R14 types frau

[quote]Risselty rosselty now now nooowwww

An interesting article on that:

[quote]R17 They got nothing on wild Turkeys in the US who will stalk and harass you indefinitely.

That turkey is a fuckin’ busybody Karen.... intent on seeing who’s getting what mail.

[italic]Stay in your lane, bitch!

Somewhat related thread:

Where can I order a magpie?

Lol. It was funny without sound, then I watched it with sound, and it was hilarious.

I love this...

OP you have issues dude

These birds are not magpies. They’re in the Butcher bird family. Magpies that live in North America and Europe are in the Crow family. The Aussies call them magpies only because their colors make them look similar to the European magpie. North American and European magpies will not attack you. They’ll stay in the trees and screech at intruders. What’s really neat about these butcher birds is that they have very musical sounds.

This dude w a magpie for a pet is 🔥

I have birds on my property that dive at me every spring when they are sitting on eggs.

R17 I have to agree with the comments saying the turkey wants to mate with that truck 😆

I don't get why the kid didn't just use his scooter like a baseball bat.

I enjoyed that very much.