We've said it before and we'll say it again: Australia's magpies are vicious killers that must be stopped.
While it's usually their territorial instinct that compels the big-ass birds to swoop, peck and wing-slap passing cyclists and innocent pedestrians during the annual siege that is "magpie season" -- some birds just go too far.
Like the magpie that attacked Jaimie Perry, from Tapping, Western Australia, on Wednesday. After setting up his camera to capture footage of the bird he knew would probably swoop him, as it had done the day before, he was surprised to learn the winged harbinger of destruction had a new strategy. Pulling ears.
"He came down, grabbed my ear and flew off again," Mr Perry told The West Australian. "I've been swooped before but never that aggressively ... I was a bit surprised it had drawn blood."
Another reason to never, ever turn your back on a shady magpie.
