swantastic.

Swans are the assholes of the waterfowl kingdom.

It's funny how such angry and arrogant creatures are viewed as a symbol of "beauty". (Actually, wait... it fits.)

Zombie swans are really fierce!

Tatsuma

Pet guardian?!? Sorry, I'm a dog owner.

And no, my responsibilities are not to fulfill his every need - see above.

As much as I love my dog, and make sure to take very good care of him, the fact remains that he's still a dog.

More on this subject

One of the funniest things I've ever seen was at a local park while playing frisbee golf.

Guy brings his Pit Bull to the park with no leash. Pit bull immediately sees swans and attacks one, beating the holy living snot out of it before owner can regain control of dog. Swan with busted wing retreats to the pond while all other park goers are savagely reprimanding the dog owner for being a cruel bastard, etc.

MEANWHILE, several other swans immediately swarm the injured swan in the pond and DROWN THE FARK OUT OF IT. Just kept pushing its head underwater until well after it was dead, to the HORROR of all the people who had been berating the dog owner.

It was priceless. We could barely finish our round we were laughing so hard.

It is quite obvious what is going on here:

Hitler did it! The Swans were white!

Call the JDL! (Oops, they're too busy buying bomb parts from undercover FBI agents)

I can think of worse ways to die than death by Swan. She's a real hottie (link to fark forum from a couple of weeks ago). I mean, if she attacked me I'd be all over ...

... oh, you mean the birds. OK, that wouldn't be so nice.

/Trying desparately to be funny, failing.

MEANWHILE, several other swans immediately swarm the injured swan in the pond and DROWN THE FARK OUT OF IT. Just kept pushing its head underwater until well after it was dead, to the HORROR of all the people who had been berating the dog owner.

Swans police their own ranks and cull the sick/weak/injured.

That's how they stay at the top of their Darwinian niche (probably not the correct term, but you know what I mean).

Now that's comedy!

this thread reminds of an old thread about an Otter or some similar animal that was dragging small dogs from the shore into the water and drowning them.

Makes me want to bring my Pit to the lake and let 'em try it with a REAL dog. I'm not violent, my Pit was a pound rescue, but this bird-killing-dog thing isn't natural and must be set right. For some reason, it really PISSES ME OFF!!!

I know someone who threw up on a swan

"2004-05-26 12:05:05 PM weaselnuts


Hey, don't underestimate those birds. I used to own parrots and they are not as fragile as you think. There was a recorded case of a macaw (admittedly a bad ass bird) killing a pit bull. Not to say that it would win every, or even most matches. But think about taking out a pit bull with your bare hands.

On the other hand (literally) that is why we have thumbs. Stick beats swan (literally and figuratively)."

naaaaaw... after doing an exhaustive google search (I typed in 'macaw' and 'pit bull') I call bullshiat, unless the Pit was paralyzed from the neck down AND his jaws were wired shut.

I don't see how this would even be possible. A macaw is a tender morsel for a Pit. One bite. Maybe just a nibble. My Pit is nearly a lapdog, not trained or encouraged to fight, but he can jump 6 ft. in the air from a standing position, their pain tolerance is staggering, and they're faster than you could believe until you see them moving at top speed. There's just no way this could be true. No way.

LoveInAction

I know exactly why the swans did what they did, that's why it was so funny watching the other people act all horrified and disgusted, like the other swans were these evil possessed devil-swans.

To be honest, the dog was just doing what its instincts told it to do too. Its not like dude trained it to attack defenseless swans, it saw food and went after it. Case closed.

If only it were "Killer Swans Drown FOX executives acting like dogs" would it be worth reading.

Swans are more cute than dogs so no harm no foul.

Tatsuma

If a more intelligent than us alien race came and set place on earth, you would gladly become owned by them as a pet?

Well if the aliens were equivalently more powerful than us, we wouldn't really have any say in the matter now, would we?

Besides, how bad off are pets anyway? Hmm, life ridden with predators, disease, famine, etc., or life being cared for, vaccinated and fed every day in the safety of a home protected by someone far more powerful.

Tough choice that.

dig420 -
I work away from home, but I'll cull the reference from my library and post up on the archive. And I have owned two pit mixes, and they are indeed bad asses. But a good size macaw can snap a broom handle...there are both upper and lower muscles on the beak. It isn't a matter of pain tolerance, if you cut off a paw/nose/large chunk of throat even the toughest bleed to death. Check out Palm Macaws.

Swan?

And everyone thinks I hone my skill of lobbing pebbles at waterfowl for no good reason.

Of course, anything that crawls, swims or waddles into the bodies of water where I live is gonna die anyway.

Tatsuma

Animals are not ours to own

"Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 1:28

Read the rest of that chapter and it pretty much answers what I think about aliens, too.

/flame away

Anyone else think Iris Murdoch's "The Green Knight?"

You have to be a retard to let your dog swim near geese or swams....they love beating dogs. This isn't anything new or unusual, it happens all the time. Next time you want Rover blinded, severely injured, terrified of water, or dead, send him in the water with large waterfowl. Don't believe me? Take your dog near shore and step back 20 feet. The waterfowl will follow your dog as it moves along the shoreline, waiting anxiously.
I'm surprised there haven't been more "duh" comments posted by sportsmen on this topic. I thought it was common knowledge.

And by the way dig240. Your "Tough" dog is going to get its arse kicked if it tangos with a swan in the water.