What a cute little birdy!

This is very sweet.

Just introduce yourself when you enter their territory, keep talking, once they get used to your voice they'll know you are no threat.

OR

Put an ice cream container on your head 😆 - you can even have fun and paint eyes on the bottom of the container which will 'look' up at the maggies

OR

Open an umbrella but don't try and hit or scare them with it because they'll remember you and swoop you even more (don't flail your arms or any item - they do remember)

OR

Wear a broad-brimmed hat or if you are a cyclist do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8seIxtlOUc

"protecting" their young from something that is not a threat and has never done anything threatening. They're fucking arseholes. The ones that swoop within cities should be relocated far, far away. (Which shouldn't be too much of a problem, since we've been told that it's only a small minority that actually swoop, and being relocated doesn't cause them lasting distress.)

I'm sorry, but I don't believe someone on their way to work or out for some exercise on the weekend should have to put up with the threat of assault.

😆

You're seeing it wrong. They are dedicated dads protecting their young. If it wasn't for their fierceness and cleverness they wouldn't be such survivors.

I got swooped last week. Bit of a surprise! I've never head my head silently fanned by a bird's wing before. He only did it once.

9 months of the year I absolutely love them. But by the gods do they become evil little demons that last 3.

That'll be a fun one. 🙂

Magpies are the most amazing, intelligent, quirky and funny birds. You've inspired me to do a 'Know your Aussie species' post on magpies later this week.

Now that might have been a little unempathic on my part. Thank you for explaing the emojis intention :)

Lol, yeah, interpreted a whole lot differently 😂

I wasn't the one handing out downvotes, it's all good.

Study this!

SWOOP!

Teaches me a lesson about using emojis. The one I chose was meant to convey how amazing it is this can happen when you live in a different culture where words have different meanings due to cultural reasons.

In case you thought I was making fun of you, I wasn't. I just thought what you said was really humorous.

I like these birds even more.

I'm imaginging the magpies getting together and muttering "Fuckin cunts! Here, lemme pull that off ya, ya reckon?" lol

Those researchers are now on the magpie naughty list and will be swooped at every available opportunity.

🤔

🤣

I went my whole life until now, not knowing a bandicoot was an actual animal

I've gone my whole life without ever knowing what a bandicoot really looks like. Turns out they don't wear pants or drive go-karts.

Abundance of resources, mixed with impressive advances in healthcare created a population boom by a reactionary species that never looks further than 2 years into the future, and is now running out of resources.

Australian continent can’t be defended, but plus side is it also really can’t be overtaken without a massive military commitment. It’s not a strategic point to hold or with easily extractable resources.

Peace will come naturally when mouth to feed < resources available.

Such a paradise. And of course on track to being destroyed. The so-called leaders of our world are culpable.

No they won't do that. Not because they care about the planet, but because these trees are too few and remote to be profitable.

More likely to open it up to contractors to log it. Gotta keep that wood supply going!