A 12-year-old is hospitalized after being attacked by a magpie down under.
The mother of the teen told a local news station she had warned her daughter to beware the bloodthirsty birds.
“I’ve always taught my kids not to look up when they hear a bird,” Nicole Moodie told 9News.
The 12-year-old was walking home from school in the town of Australind when she was swooped by a magpie and attacked in the eye.
The family doesn’t blame anyone but says other students had issues with the magpie before.
“It’s just a really bad situation where she was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Moodie said
While the extent of the damage still unknown, the young girl may never see out of her left eye again after the bird’s beak caused damage to the lens.
Be safe out there folks.