Totally Insane and Dangerous Wild Animal Encounters

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Magpies can be quite a nuisance, especially to this young boy who was nearly pecked to death on his way to school...

"I was riding my bike to primary school one day and two streets away out of nowhere I feel the flap of wings on my shoulder and it flys by in front of me. It was quite large, probably an adult and it came back but I saw it and ducked. After that it flew by a few more times (repeatedly actually) and it actually hit me a few times hard and left a few beak dents in my helmet."

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.