时间：2025-09-17 06:18:55 来源：网络整理编辑：時尚
There are few sounds more pants-wettingly nightmarish to an Australian in spring than the ungodly wh
There are few sounds more pants-wettingly nightmarish to an Australian in spring than the ungodly whoosh of a pair of incoming wings.
It's the first day of the blooming season for Australia, and with spring comes angry, angry winged new dads who'll rather accurately swoop at the most tender part of the back of your head.
SEE ALSO:Bird repeatedly attacks biker casually biking through neighborhoodMagpies can be a particularly aggressive demonbird in Australia from late August to late October — a significantly lengthy time to wear a helmet at all times but so be it. While apparently only 10 percent of magpies actually attack during this time, these can be bloody brutal.
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Australians are so onto it, there's an entire website for crowdsourcing magpie alerts.
As always, the main target for Australia's black and white rage dragons? Cyclists.
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Magpie deterring strategies range from tying cable ties or drawing eyes on your helmet, to a good old broad brimmed hat, to wearing Halloween witch masks backwards, or just, you know, making friends with them. But as Griffith University behavioural ecologist Dr. Darryl Jones told the Sydney Morning Herald, no matter how many different hats you try, magpies never forget a face. Yep. Birds with naturally occurring facial recognition technology. You can't hide.
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Some choose to skip the whole thing.
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While others throw caution to the wind.
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Australian breakfast program The Morning Showran a whole segment dedicated to the season, running footage with, sure, a casual red blood overlay and, why not, The Walking Deadtheme.
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Helmets on, Australia.
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