attacked as in pecked/clawed?

( Fluzzy namby-pamby pudding and pie, Fri 22 May 2009, 18:29, archived)

it's eyes like hot coals the fearsome beast dove at me, it's cruel talons outstretched, all the time screeching like a devil;
so I waved my arms around and screamed and it backed off, this happened a few times.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Fri 22 May 2009, 18:34, archived)