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A boy picnicking with a Montessori preschool class at the Denver Zoo on Wednesday was scratched by a peacock.

The boy’s father told 9News his son received six stitches across his nose and four stitches on his forehead.

Zoo spokeswoman Tiffany Barnhart said the peacock is being kept in a holding area to make sure there is nothing wrong with it.

Witnesses told the boy’s parents that he was not provoking the peacock, 9News said. The Denver Post

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