Posted on 05/21/2015 8:12:24 AM PDT by JoeProBono
In a bird-vs-tiger death match, the winner might seem obvious - but one courageous crane managed to fight off his attackers after accidentally getting trapped in the big cat enclosure at a zoo in China. The red-crowned crane was blown into the tiger garden by a sudden, strong wind during a public display at the Fuyang Wildlife Park in Zhejiang Province.
Two of the resident cats immediately took an interest in the possibility of an afternoon snack, and began chasing the bird down.
Not to be defeated, however, the crane squared up to the predators and began chasing them instead.
The bird was returned to his own enclosure with just a few minor injuries Credit: CCTV
The tigers, apparently startled by their change of fortune, turned tail and ran.
They tried their attack again - but again, the crane managed to fend them off.
Zookeepers eventually managed to rescue the victorious bird and return him to the correct pen, with just a few minor injuries.
Hundreds of visitors witnessed the showdown, sparking warnings from wildlife park staff against anyone tempted to try to mimic the crane's actions and face off against the tigers.
“Destroy them with lasers!” came to mind for some reason.
Must have used a mixture of crane style and tiger fist to beat back its opponents!
Tigers’ thought bubble:
“Hey we are well fed. The crane is just a distraction, chasing it a bit is just relieving boredom. Not worth getting myself all worked up or maybe injured.”
The crane: “OMG! OMG !!!! .....”
They instinctively go for the eyes, and they’re fast. I’ve caught injured herons and egrets for wildlife rescue, you don’t just walk up and grab them.
Let’s see how many GungFu styles come out of this encounter.
Yes, the swifter more agile animal often wins, not because it is a threat to the bigger animal, but just because the bigger animal can’t touch it.
Yes, cat vs dog, mongoose vs snake, Ali vs Foreman
Lego movie batman song.
“Darkness.. no parents! Brooding.”
Elmer Keith, in his book Sixguns, told of a friend of his who trapped an Eagle as he had an order for one [1920's Idaho] and got it into a sack that he tied behind the saddle on his mule. Well, the Eagle got a claw out the bag hole and sunk its talons around the mule's spine. This caused the mule to buck the rider off, right into a thorn bush, and the mule noisily made its way into town. They heard the ruckus, hobbled the mule, Keith fired a couple rounds into the bag "To limber up whatever was in there" and finally cut the leg off the dead bird to free up the ligaments to get the talons out. Then they had to find and rescue the rider and de-thorn him. Quite the story, his version was flavored better...
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