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What should you do if a magpie attacks you?

James Vickers was left bloodied after he was swooped more than five separate times over a week by a magpie while cycling through Annerley in Brisbane's south side a few weeks ago.

"I was coming down Annerley Road in the early morning one day and it hit me from the side — it got me between near where my sideburns are on my right ear," Mr Vickers said.

"I got into work and noticed I had blood there.

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