Today, I was at a pond taking pictures with my new camera. I saw a mama duck leading her babies around and decided to get in closer to take a picture. Mama duck got spooked and led her babies too close to a waterfall escaping. One fell off. It never surfaced. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I tried to take a cute selfie with a majestic swan by a lake. Just as I was about to take the pic, the swan suddenly got visibly bored of my shit and chased me into the water. I emerged from the lake looking like a soggy, defeated swamp beast. FML
Today, we took the kids to the local pond near my sister-in-law's to feed the geese. I hadn't been there before, and thought I'd take a picture. I turned around to adjust my camera, but the geese, realizing the feast had ended, took flight. Before I could react I was showered with goose shit. FML
Today, I tried to take a picture next to a peacock, but ended up running away with a face and mouth full of feathers. FML
Today, while driving home, I swerved to avoid turning a duck and her babies into roadkill. Another car was coming around a sharp bend at the time and swerved to avoid hitting me. In the end, we both ran our cars off the road, and he took out several ducks in the process. FML
Today, I was trying to take a cute selfie on a hiking trip. As I leaned against a boulder to get the perfect shot, a squirrel jumped out of nowhere and attacked me, probably thinking I was after its food. I dropped my phone into a creek, and my friends took a picture of me freaking out instead. FML
Today, while running in the park, I noticed some ducks in a pond. I stopped to look at them and began quacking at them, to see if they would react. This would have been OK had I not been wearing ear-buds, blasting music, making me unable to realize just how loud I was quacking. With people all around. FML
Today, I bought a new goldfish. While leaving my fish on my balcony to go get fish food, I hear a loud squawk and splash, I race outside to see a bird flying off with my fish. FML
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, I stopped at a park because a duck was following me. I assumed it wanted food, so I gave it a small piece of bread. It followed me to my car, waited beside the door, and then followed me across the parking lot. I may have accidentally adopted a duck. FML
Today, I was tasked with taking a photo of my best friend getting engaged. As her boyfriend got down on one knee, I got so nervous that I fumbled the camera. It landed right in the lake. I didn’t get a single picture, and now I owe them a new Canon EOS R10. FML
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xNatsuki 0
Oh my.. Now I'm sad.
teehee520 0
D= Poor duck. But yeah, good job.
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JRSpaniel 0
I took pictures all the time when I was 5. Granted, they were mostly along the lines of "things that looked really really cool" or "pictures of my imaginary friends"...
JRSpaniel 0
Ouch, that sucks D: FYL, and F the lives of the jackasses calling you a murderer for something that wasn't your fault.
FuzzyWalnuts 0
Ok, the OP didn't ******* chase the ducks around and one fell off. They got a little spooked. That's it. It's not the OPs fault. All you freaks that say it is need to stfu. Accidents happen.
medical 0
Wow that does suck, but it's not really your fault, you had no idea how the mamma duck would react.
xox_what_now 0
oh **** a duck
loooooooooool_fml 1
Wow, you really are stupid. She isn't a "murderer". It was an accident. The baby duck didn't have to swim too far to the waterfal, but it still did. It's the baby ducks fault, not OP's. As much as you may still praise it, it wasn't much of a wildlife ifi it's a public pond. Face it, it was an accident. Shit happens. Also, has anybody considered maybe OP's camera didn't have zoom, unlikely as it is, it may be like that. Or she din't just want to use zoom, as it ***** up the picture quality.
premiermois 5
Did you at least get a good picture?
pittsports87 0
Its only a duck, who cares?
jeanine_fml 0
Bellaellaella, you're an idiot. Natural wildlife? They lived in a manmade pond and ate processed foods straight from the hands of people.
tradit03 0
I bet u watched it happen rather than stepping back, u sick flinging poop.
premiermois 5
jeanine, chill. You posted this on FML and should have known there would be morons insulting you.