Each spring, magpies swoop on countless unsuspecting Australians while defending their nests.
But there are also plenty of people who struggle to get past their divebombing antics.
"I have asthma and I would be sprinting, having an asthma attack on the train, just to get away from this magpie.Why do magpies swoop? "That act is a declaration of open war. A magpie interprets that as a sign of aggression and will then always swoop that person from then on, every year. "This bird turned around and went straight for the eye, did a backflip and hit me right in the eye again," Christiaan Nyssen said.
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