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[–] 107 points 2 months ago (9 children)

When I was a child, we had chickens. Once, when I was five or six, we had a rooster who would chase me out of the yard when I went outside to play. Seeing this, my father held me over the chicken pen as I kicked at the rooster with my little cowboy boots, but the rooster didn't learn.

So he equipped me as a knight, and sent me with a broomhandle sword, a winter coat, and safety glasses to do battle. I fought him from the lowest dip to the highest hill, the Rooster of Cruelty, until I at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the hillside.

Never again did he trouble me, and never again shall I let poultry tyrannize me! Ever again shall I ride to war against the avian, fair or fowl; thus is my vow.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Later that night you ate him for dinner and it was delicious I bet.

    source: Former Rhode Island Red Rooster Punter.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago*

    Reminds me of a rooster we had when I was a kid. My grandfather was watching us one evening while my parents were out. He'd told them that when feeding the chickens, if the asshole rooster was to jump him, he'd kill it, kinda jokingly.

    When they came home that night, the rooster was plucked clean in the sink.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 months ago

    HONK 👁️🫦👁️

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  • [–] 68 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Who the hell let a goose get an Infinity gauntlet?!

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Genuinely can't tell which one is supposed to be the goose in this situation

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    When I was in college, Canandian Geese were all over the park outside my apartment building. They never got out of the way, shit all over the grass, just made a mess of the place. One night, my neighbor came home a little tipsy, and when a goose got to close to him, he slapped it on the back. Not enough to injure it, but he definitely startled it. For the rest of the year, the geese cleared a path for him whenever he came through. I guess word got around in the goose community that he was not to be fucked with.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (16 children)

    I learned to fear the Canada Goose when I was bicycle commuting along the Thames tow-path back in the day. However, they are nothing compared to the swans.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (12 children)

    As an Australian, I really don't get it. You guys have fucking bears in your country, but geese are the ones that scare people

    Edit: oh right the emu war. I get it now

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Jokes aside, I think a big aspect of it is "I don't want to hurt the goose." Like if people were in a cage match with a goose, they'd obviously take it down, but you don't wanna just hurt some animal for no reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Survivorship bias

    But actually mountain lions, moose, and wolves are worse than bears.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    I also don't get it.

    Its face is at perfect kicking height. Don't like what it's doing? Too close? Fucking kick the little bitch. This isn't hard.

    Maybe that's why they've always left me alone.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Some places make it illegal to harm said geese. You will then notice said geese are only aggressive in those places. Because they know the humans can't fight back.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    People almost always refer to "Canadian" geese instead of Canada geese. I will frequently chime in with "How did you know their nationality? Did you check their passports?" :D

    Kudos for using the right form!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'm surprised that it isn't "Canadian". The nationality suffix is often used to denote an animal's native area (eg: Indian Elephant, etc)

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Why are you abusing the local wildlife?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    That golf course episode is one of their best.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Yeah, and that's fucking SAYING something! 🥰

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    That dude played "barely holding it together" to perfection 😂

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I'm in tears every time I watch it. Second only to the pap smear scene

    Best show ever.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    I put off watching Shoresy for a while, just because I liked Letterkenny so much I didn't want to be disappointed. I think that I like Shoresy even more.

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    The local danger noodle not giving a shit, yet I still ran away

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    One tried to attack my son when he was about 6 while we were walking in a park, not particularly close to where it started. I reminded it of which species eats the other species by kicking it in its stupid bill. It backed off. I was prepared to kill it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Your talking a lot of shit for some one with hollow bones.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Don't kill the goose 😭

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    I love geese. Roasted, smoked, grilled.......

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Geese are mostly harmless. They can give you a little pinch, but that's about it. I never understood why people are afraid of them.

    I was lucky enough to spend a couple of years around a flock and they're really cool animals. They even remembered me when they returned in springtime. Geese are awesome.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    Tell me you've never encountered a swan without telling me you've never encountered a swan:

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I honestly don't understand this comment. Are they supposed to be dangerous? I've encountered angry swans several times and it has always been funny. They can't do shit to you, unless you're like 30kg child. Sure, they bite, but even the bite isn't that bad in comparison to (quite common) dog attacks.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Seen a few swan and goose attacks, heard from a few friends. A goose literally can not hurt you, a swan can bruise you up pretty good. While yes an adult vs a swan the adult wins it'll hurt a bit. If that's something a person can handle is a totally different subject but a full swan attack will leave a person bruised.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    In a full on human vs swan fight, the human might get bruised, but the swan will definitely end up dead. How bruised up the person gets is strictly a matter of how long they'll put up with the aggressive swan, before finally just snapping it's weak little neck.

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  • [+] -16 points 2 months ago (27 children)

    Spoken like someone who didn’t grow up around geese. Those fuckers can break a human leg bone or arm bone with their wing. Not even remotely kidding. They’re fear by most animals for good reason.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Those fuckers can break a human leg bone or arm bone with their wing

    That's an urban myth about swans.

    In reality, the bones of both swans and geese are hollow like straw and about as likely to break human bones.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    They're feared by most animals because most animals (humans included) aren't willing to risk a fight unless they need to, while geese have a solid intimidation game, and make to believe that they're big and strong and will fight you.

    A 5 kg dog can also scare off plenty of people. That doesn't mean an average grown person can't punt it across the yard if push comes to shove. Plenty of videos out there show what happens when one of these animals actually goes after someone's kid... the kid usually ends up fine to put it that way.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Had a few dogs come after me. The difficult part is I would rather not hurt a dog, it is the owner who deserves a punch in the face.

    Usually happens when I am on a bike which is a bit of an awkward position to respond to an ankle biter. I don't want to run it over but I also don't want to stop moving away. Of course if I had to I could flatten it with my bike.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Exactly! There's also the significant point that you could get bit in the process of kicking away said dog, and the bite could give you an infection, which all comes back to why we (like most animals) will go very far to avoid a physical altercation.

    Basically, fighting shit can be dangerous, even in situations where you easily come out on top 10/10 times. That doesn't mean the fucking chihuahua has a chance.

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  • [–] [S] 30 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Weak ass bones if a 10 lb bird breaks em.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    You’re both partially correct, the young, elderly and smaller individuals can get a broken bone from a goose.

    That said those flappy fucks can catch hands

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    the young, elderly and smaller individuals can get a broken bone from a goose being startled and falling over

    That's the real cause here.

    If you stand your ground and show that fucker who outweighs the other 3 to 1 or more and doesn't have hollow bones, it won't bowl you over.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    From this popsci article: "Bird wings may not seem all that threatening. After all, like most other birds that fly, the bones in goose wings are hollow. But because geese can weigh up to 25 pounds, the muscles in those wings are incredibly strong. They have to be to lift such a heavy bird into the air and carry it hundreds of miles at a time during migration.

    So you really don’t want to be pummeled by those wings—they can quickly knock down a full-grown adult and cause scrapes, stitches, even broken bones. All of these injuries have been reported after goose assaults."

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    knock down a full-grown adult and cause scrapes, stitches, even broken bones

    Bolded the important parts.

    Falling over for any reason can cause scrapes, stitches, even broken bones, regardless of the instigating factor.

    An adult weighing three times as much as a goose doesn't fall over because the goose is strong. They fall over because of being startled into losing their balance, which is a feat a sparrow or a mouse could also accomplish.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    No realli! She was Karving her initials on the g00se with the sharpened end of an interspace t00thbrush given by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian m0vies: “The H0t Hands of an Oslo Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge M0lars of Horst Nordfink”.

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