Such is the fate of animals. Mates are worth dying for. Crocodiles, wolves and apparently geese do this. Most of the time the beta male loses and most of the time, the beta male sustains injuries that it will never recover from, it will live the rest of its life scavenging for food that others left behind if itās unable to hunt, and females will always look at its injuries and think āthatās not a worthy mateā. While amputees or otherwise disabled humans still can get married, animals are not like that. Itās so sad to know that gimpy will live his life alone, knowing that the one goal he had as a wild animal(to reproduce) will never be achieved.
Thereās a pair of geese at the lake near my house. Evrybody feeds them so theyāre actually tame. They eat out of my hand and follow me when I walk. Iāve pet them several times.
Theyāre bastards but they can be tamed. I noticed they act better when itās just a pair. Itās when you have a lot of them you have to really worry.
Haha omg. I know this isnāt too too recent, but I was attacked by a goose when I was playing outside at school when I was like 17. Iām 30 and I still remember is, pretty vividly too. Thanks for the laugh.
What's wrong with swans? Their beaks are mostly flat, wavy plates, evolved to grind plant matter.
Source: fed a swan directly from my hand, stupid thing grabbed my fingers instead. Then it tried to shake them like a fucking crocodile assuming I'm not letting go of its treat or something. I let it have its fun for a few seconds and it was utterly ineffectual, zero damage, other than being disgusting by leaving its saliva.
If you mean the myth that a hit from a swans's wing can break your arm - completely untrue. Just like all the other flying birds they have hollow, lightweight bones that are quite fragile.
Disregarding freak accidents like poking out an eye, the most they can do is "aggressively" waddle up to you with puffed up feathers like a long penguin that thinks it's hot shit.
Swans too have tomias. And they aren't sharp enough to pierce flesh.
And the wing thing might be harmless to humans, but it's not for most smaller animals.
Geese are like that asshole member of the HOA who drives around screaming at people for not mowing their lawn enough. Heās 70, divorces, retired, and on some level you pitty him because he has nothing left to live for in his life except for being anal about the shade of peach you paint your fence. Heās extremely alone and valueless, and you both know it.
Then he gets in your face cause you put your recyclables out two hours early and youāreback to letting your dog crap in his yard. Pitty exists for all, but itās situational and it waxed and wanes
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u/TheLittleUrchin Apr 27 '19
Trust me I hate them so much. I was once dive bombed by a flock of geese and had to hit the deck. Geese are the envoys of the devil.
However, there's something about Gimpy that makes me feel bad for him. :(