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Girl running away from a peacock is so glorious, she needed a Photoshop battle

Never go head to head with a peacock.
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Andrea Romano
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Warning: Stay away from the peacocks.

Reddit user bwaxse took their daughter for a nice trip to the petting zoo, where she met an unexpected resident, a proud and colorful peacock.

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It's easy to see their encounter did not go well, as evidenced by the little girl running and screaming from the animal a la Tippi Hedren in The Birds.


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Photoshoppers on Reddit couldn't resist battling over the glorious picture, turning the tiny child into an Olympic runner, a fierce superhero and even a Game of Thrones warrior.

For the record, birds are pretty scary.

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Andrea Romano

Andrea Romano -- comedy writer, craft enthusiast, lady -- was a Watercooler Reporter. She worked as an intern at Mashable beginning in January 2014. Andrea recently completed her Masters degree in Media Studies and Film from The New School and writes sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The People's Improv Theatre. She once watched three Paul Rudd movies in a row on a bicoastal flight and didn't realize it until she landed. She does things like that a lot. Twitter: @theandrearomano

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