It's nesting season in Australia and people are on high alert for vicious swooping Australian magpies. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt's springtime in Australia, which means the return of vicious swooping attacks from the Australian magpie. An Australian magpie is shown here. While Australian magpies aren't closely related to their European counterpart, they are also known to be extremely clever. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver 80% of nesting magpies live near humans, which means swooping magpies are much rarer than they could be, Kaplan said in a post in The Conversation in 2017.

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Persons: —, …, Mia, Christiaan Nyssen, Gisela Kaplan, Kaplan, gingerly Organizations: Service, BBC, CNN, Canberra Times, SBS Locations: Australia, Australian, Queensland