Canadian Geese can break bones because of how powerful their wings are and they’re an eighth our size. Imagine one three times bigger lol. Sure their bones are fragile, but the muscle that attached to them sure ain’t.
The good news is that you can rest easy. Birds that still retain the power of flight are essentially built for lightness rather than solidity, and while a swan can whip up fantastic wing tip speed its bones are too light for there to be any serious heft behind their blows.
'It’s a myth that they will break your leg or arm with their wings,’ John Huston of the Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset told the BBC a few years ago. ‘They are not that strong and it’s mostly show and bluster.’
Canadian Geese can break bones because of how powerful their wings are and they’re an eighth our size. Imagine one three times bigger lol. Sure their bones are fragile, but the muscle that attached to them sure ain’t.
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/dogs/curious-questions-can-swan-really-break-arm-190943
Well heck and hoopa dang cannit. Thanks for clearing that up for me lol, peace is an option (by ignoring them)!
It’s a very persistent myth.
And swans/geese are friggin scary when they flab about and hiss.