Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim- Isn't this where the term, "Rough as a cob..." came from? :o)~ Dan Post Jim Hemenway wrote: > Hi Bill and Didier: > > This swan propensity towards aggressiveness bit wasn't known to me > before my little incident. I had moccasins on when he came at me and a > light kick to his chest sent him away. If I had known that he could > have broken my arm and/or made me drop the camera, then I may have run > away instead. ;-) > > We have a lot of them locally and they've never bothered me before. > > I got pretty close to this one at a different time of year with no > trouble. > http://www.hemenway.com/images/Drinking%20Swan.jpg > > > Jim > > bill harting wrote: > >> My town (Plymouth MA) has swan (Warning: Aggressive Swan) signs >> around the Eel River. I saw a swan attacking a parked car there one >> day, hammering at the window. >> >> bill h > > > Didier Ludwig wrote: > >> Swans can be quite aggressive. They can easily brake your arm with >> their wings. When my dog was very young he's got heavily bashed by >> some swan moms protecting their babies. He respected swans for the >> rest of his life. >> And once I met a weasel in the forest. It was defending it's nest >> (with cubs inside probably), hissing at us and it did not move one >> inch away when I and my dog came closer. Really brave... I took the >> dog away before he's got a scratched nose... >> Didier > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >