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Post by thebfg on Aug 11, 2018 12:11:18 GMT
Today I came across this picture on a wild camping group. A member claims his son took the photo. Now the question is what came first. Did the swan kill the Fox or as I think the swan built it's nest on top of the dead fox as they like to return to the same point. Most people reckon it killed the swan but I think the fox has been dead a while as it's face is rotten. Even so I think it's a great picture of mother nature.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 12:15:46 GMT
You're welcome 🍻👍
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 11, 2018 15:27:06 GMT
Fuck's sake, can't take a nap anywhere these days without some poxy duck wanting to sit on yer face!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 15:41:06 GMT
You are quompletely quackers.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 15:41:50 GMT
Photoshop
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Post by patty on Aug 11, 2018 15:55:48 GMT
. Yep I think I agree with this photoshop theory.. mind u only viewing on a phone as I’ve been driven out of my home by the b..... Simpson’s ... this is the worst bit about letting family stay . I’m sitting wrapped in fleece watching rain from my summerhouse |
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Post by Jim on Aug 11, 2018 16:12:22 GMT
I reckon it's not photoshopped, the detritus covering the fox etc. If a Swan can break a man's arm, as has oft been said here, a scrawny fox would be no problem. Do we have a stray fox we can pen with a Swan, to test the theory?
Patty, put the telly in the summerhouse, you stay in by the fire!
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 11, 2018 17:46:17 GMT
Stupid swan does not know it is incubating fox eggs.
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Post by patty on Aug 11, 2018 17:50:10 GMT
I reckon it's not photoshopped, the detritus covering the fox etc. If a Swan can break a man's arm, as has oft been said here, a scrawny fox would be no problem. Do we have a stray fox we can pen with a Swan, to test the theory? Patty, put the telly in the summerhouse, you stay in by the fire! Its ok he fell asleep and Ive reclaimed TV, fire and now vino  did get more than tad damp ..sideways rain is never good |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 20:05:15 GMT
swans do get quite protective but at the end of the day I can't see a swan killing a fox unless the fox was starving and suffering from delusion of some sort. As for people in boats yes the swan will have a go. I have regularly been soaked by swans when canoeing past the nests or even going past in the dinghy. They fly up slapping the water with their wings and land with one wing in the water to provide a "fuck off" message written in water spray. they operate a "security zone" type arrangement around the nest. If you go inside the zone they will have a look and probably have a go at you but once they know you are passing out of their zone they will stop. I had a real laugh a few years ago when I saw a dickhead in a canoe going past a swan who was clearly defending his security zone. Instead of continuing his journey the dickhead in the canoe started swearing at the swan an waving his paddle about. What a pillock. What followed was one of the best bits of swan interaction I have ever seen. The swan (perhaps sensitive to the swearing) started to get more involved, the dickhead started to swear at the swan more loudly then the dickhead realised the swan was going to sink him so rapidly paddled to the bank and got out of canoe. What a dickhead! If he had just carried on the swan would have lost interest within seconds but he decided to use aggression to deal with a defensive swan. Wrong plan. Swan 1. Dickhead 0. Good to see |
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 11, 2018 21:21:30 GMT
swans do get quite protective but at the end of the day I can't see a swan killing a fox unless the fox was starving and suffering from delusion of some sort. As for people in boats yes the swan will have a go. I have regularly been soaked by swans when canoeing past the nests or even going past in the dinghy. They fly up slapping the water with their wings and land with one wing in the water to provide a "fuck off" message written in water spray. they operate a "security zone" type arrangement around the nest. If you go inside the zone they will have a look and probably have a go at you but once they know you are passing out of their zone they will stop. I had a real laugh a few years ago when I saw a dickhead in a canoe going past a swan who was clearly defending his security zone. Instead of continuing his journey the dickhead in the canoe started swearing at the swan an waving his paddle about. What a pillock. What followed was one of the best bits of swan interaction I have ever seen. The swan (perhaps sensitive to the swearing) started to get more involved, the dickhead started to swear at the swan more loudly then the dickhead realised the swan was going to sink him so rapidly paddled to the bank and got out of canoe. What a dickhead! If he had just carried on the swan would have lost interest within seconds but he decided to use aggression to deal with a defensive swan. Wrong plan. Swan 1. Dickhead 0. Good to see Mr Wolf like nice long story. Now Mr Wolf go to bed. Thank you Magman, you my favourite.  |
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did get more than tad damp ..sideways rain is never good