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I was out riding yesterday and managed to get a bumble bee inside my leather jacket. Pesky little critter stung me on my left shoulder. Last time I got stung whilst riding I had a wasp in my crash helmet which stung me on my left temple area, that was about 20 years ago.

Anybody else been attacked by the native wildlife? I did hit a fox once, that was very messy.

Last year I appoached a pigeon who clearly had no road sense! It left it much too late to fly off and crunched into the front of my bonnet in a spectacular cloud of feathers. Left a few feathery marks on my car but no damage - although I suspect it ruined it's day completely.

I hear moose can be 'interesting'.

And just in case you haven't seen this..why did the chicken cross the road in front of a Porsche?
http://sportscarforums.com/f15/chicken-killed-porsche-7351.html

I had a blackbird (or similar) come up out of the hedgerow once when I was doing slightly naughty speeds. It hit me smack in the chest and hard enough to nearly knock me off the back off the bike. I was pulling blood, g..ts and feathers out of my helmet and zip for weeks after. Yuck!

martine wrote:Last year I appoached a pigeon who clearly had no road sense! It left it much too late to fly off and crunched into the front of my bonnet in a spectacular cloud of feathers. Left a few feathery marks on my car but no damage - although I suspect it ruined it's day completely.

I hear moose can be 'interesting'.

And just in case you haven't seen this..why did the chicken cross the road in front of a Porsche?
http://sportscarforums.com/f15/chicken-killed-porsche-7351.html

with moose its advisable to hit the hind quarters, the lighter parts of the beast.