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A man carrying an injured Gannet across the Gower beach of South Wales became blinded in one eye after the seabird pecked his eyeball out of its socket, BBC reports.

Michael Buckland, 38, a welder from Cardiff, has been told the chances of him regaining sight in his right eye are very slim.

He recalled how he was walking on the beach with his girlfriend when the attack happened last month.

"We were just walking along the beach and saw a Gannet in the seaweed so I went over and picked it up - I was going to take it to the sand dunes. A family walked up with their dog. The dog was jumping up trying to get its tail and as I looked down at the dog all I saw was a beak coming straight towards my eyes" Buckland said.

He was rushed to hospital where he had 11 stitches across his eyeball which doctors managed to replace and his right eyelid was sewn up.

Buckland said he has been told he will never be able to work as a welder again.

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受惊海鸟啄瞎恩人眼睛

       据英国广播公司报道，一位男子抱着一只受伤的塘鹅走过南威尔士高尔沙滩时，一只眼球却被它啄出了眼窝，那只眼睛因此失明。

       来自加迪夫的迈克尔•巴克兰今年38岁，是一名焊接工。 医生说他的右眼恢复视力的希望非常渺茫。

       惨剧发生在上个月，当时巴克兰正和女友在沙滩上散步。

       他回忆说：“我们正在海边溜达，忽然看见一只塘鹅困在海藻里。我就跑过去把它捡起来，准备把它带到沙丘。这时有一家人带着狗走了过来。那条狗跳起来想咬塘鹅的尾巴。就在我低头看狗的时候，一张鸟嘴就直直的冲着我的眼睛来了。”

       巴克兰被紧急送往医院，医生在他眼球上缝了11针，并将其复位，还缝合了他的右眼睑。

       不过，巴克兰以后再也不能当焊接工了。

(China.org.cn July 14, 2011)