# New Zealand Guy Tries To Save Seagull, Swearing Ensues **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186 "2018-02-04T20:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/1 "2018-02-04T20:31:56Z")
[This YouTube clip of a Maori truckdriver narrating his rescue of an angry seagull in his cab is probably the most New Zealand thing you will ever see.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBozpxvxo9w) It’s a vicious thing, bro. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/2 "2018-02-04T20:46:08Z")
Pretty funny. I see that the guy seems to have a facial moko (but not very dark). How common is that these days? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/3 "2018-02-04T21:14:08Z")
I love the way he keeps right on saving her, even while she’s trying to have his eye out ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/4 "2018-02-04T21:27:24Z")
Yeah, it’s been my experience that birds are assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/5 "2018-02-04T21:55:35Z")
And yet, no matter how many times it tries to take a bite out of him, he goes right back to holding it within beak-distance of his face… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/6 "2018-02-05T01:21:14Z")
[Ah shit, brew. You’re beached iz.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVHZwI8pcA) ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/7 "2018-02-05T03:02:37Z")
[The seagulls poke at my head.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/8 "2018-02-05T03:06:33Z")
The birds survived while their cousins the dinosaurs died out - you gotta expect a certain level of savage toughness from that sort of critter. As a keeper of birds, even the tame variety raised by humans can be extremely vicious and dangerous when injured, and yes, they do go for the eyes. You really need to keep them away from your face. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/9 "2018-02-05T13:47:46Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > … they do go for the eyes. For whatever reason, this seems not to be normal with raptors. Their weapons are their talons, which can be very dangerous - but if you control these (which falconers take care to do) they hardly ever use their beaks. When you see the beak in action dismembering a rabbit, you realize how fortunate that is. This is sometimes attributed to the fact that they depend on excellent vision for survival, and so can’t use a tactic that would risk their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/10 "2018-02-05T14:58:53Z")
Actually, it makes sense - for a lot of birds their beak is their best weapon, but for raptors it’s their feet. A frightened wild animal is going to lash out with their best weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/11 "2018-02-05T14:59:43Z")
If he had put that cloth over the bird’s head it would have calmed down a lot. I have had the misfortune to get seagulls tangled in my fishing line a few times over the years, and putting a towel over the head keeps them calm enough to untangle and/or cut the line. That also did the job for the horror story that was my close encounter with a pelican. When I was a kid it worked on some pretty vicious roosters too. ---
**Author:** ![Stepcarver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@Stepcarver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stepcarver)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/12 "2018-02-06T05:03:08Z")
I know that even relatively tame birds can be vicious. Many years ago my mother bought a psychotic parrot that the previous owner had called Fang. My mom renamed her Fran, but nobody was fooled. Fang and my mom got along fine but if anyone else got within range of that beak things got ugly. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/13 "2018-02-06T05:21:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Pretty funny. I see that the guy seems to have a facial moko (but not very dark). How common is that these days? Pretty rare, rare enough to make you look twice anyway. Hilarious video though. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186/14 "2018-02-06T05:33:18Z")
I’m disappointed, I had clicked on this thread hoping the seagull was swearing back at him and it was a two-way thing. (If they can talk like parrots)