Florida Crane Attacks Human in an Attempt to eat McDonald's Fries

Sandhill Cranes like to be fed by you, if any comes by your backyard and you feed it once, they will keep coming and will make some really loud and noisy begging for food. An interesting paradigm is that if you give them chicken, they will eat it (as a disclaimer I only know somebody that did it). I love these birds and the fact that they will let you get close and are not camera shy. Anyways, about a year ago I find a group of three (mother, father, and baby) of these cranes outside McDonald's as I was leaving with my Chicken sandwich combo with fries. Outside the main door of the restaurant I saw this group of birds, so I decided to give them a couple of fries... I naturally started with the young one. As I was giving the second fry to the younger bird, the biggest bird started hissing aggressively at me, basically demanding all the fries (and maybe the chicken sandwich too). I give it a couple, and it still persists and got more aggresive. At this point, I was already weighting my options on how to get into my car and eat my fries in peace. This bird was so aggressive that one of my defensive options was to kick it... but, as I turn around and look into McDonald's I see about two really young children looking at the show. Can you imagine the p.sychological implications for these children if they had seen me give the boot to this beautiful creature of God? My solution in this case was to give one fry at a time to the bird while walking back to my car without turning my back to the bird.