# Killer Swan **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969 "2012-04-16T17:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969/21 "2012-04-17T20:24:44Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > No, of course. Once the fight started I’m sure alligator wins. But it is true, and it was a very small pond, and the swans and _ **signets** _ survived at least three years that I know of. _ **cygnets** _, unless swans are giving birth to rings or seals these days. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969/22 "2012-04-17T20:27:39Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Dude, swans are _assholes!_ :eek: > > I always thought they were ornery but generally harmless birds, but maybe I’ll stay away from them from now on… They sure are…sometimes old people are too. My buddy got attacked by a swan while on a jet ski trying to get back to his beach…the swan ran into him and died. Some old lady complained and he ended up with legal fees and community service. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969/23 "2012-04-17T20:29:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > _ **cygnets** _, unless swans are giving birth to rings or seals these days. Yes, of course. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969/24 "2012-04-17T23:10:08Z")
My local swans must be oddly tamed, as I can hand feed them, and place food near their nests. They do like to try to bite my shoes when I feed them. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969/25 "2012-04-18T17:24:51Z")
I was about 10 or 12 when a friend of mine and I spotted a nest of some kind off the path at our local zoo. We hopped the split-rail fence for a closer look and found 6 HUGE eggs in a nest on the ground. Just then, mama swan came out of the brush and attacked us both. We ran for our lives, diving over the fence and running at least 100 yards before stopping and looking back. She was about 20 yards away and just fuming at us with her wings spread wide. We put another 200 yards behind us just to be sure. As an adult, I know I can take a swan in a fight, but when you’re little? Not a chance! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969/26 "2012-04-18T23:12:23Z")
Not a surprise. Remember that movie **The Wanderers**? The nastiest gang was the _Ducky_ Boys. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-swan/618969.md?page=1)