I stopped by a local downtown pond to check out the wildlife and was a witness to this unprovoked attack.
The unsuspecting victims
Swan family having a peaceful time
Then the action begins. As I see it the attack was unprovoked.
The battle begins as the swan is on top of the duck trying to drown it
Duck gets away for a bit, but swan catches him again
The duck continually tries to come up for air
The swan has the duck by the neck. You can see the ducks eyes and beek in the water.
As it turned out, a pedestrian on the shore was able to raise enough ruckus to distract the swan long enough for the duck to get away and go under a boat. I don't know if the duck found a safe place or drowned. I hung around for about another 10 minutes but did not see the duck. The swan just flew off, leaving his family behind.
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