
The 'breaking a man's arm' thing? Bird have hollow bones - the swan would shatter before the man would.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 16:07,
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True Story:
My GF's folks live at the back of a field, one day they spotted some (what could only be) city kids strolling through said field, now it gets a bit wet in the winter and it was March and there were a pair of nesting swans in the boggy stretch... About 10 minutes later there was an almighty hooting, the big kid then picked his brother up, threw him under his arm and sprinted for the exit as he was pursued by a very angry looking male swan...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 16:13,
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My GF's folks live at the back of a field, one day they spotted some (what could only be) city kids strolling through said field, now it gets a bit wet in the winter and it was March and there were a pair of nesting swans in the boggy stretch... About 10 minutes later there was an almighty hooting, the big kid then picked his brother up, threw him under his arm and sprinted for the exit as he was pursued by a very angry looking male swan...