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[–] 33 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I think they're beautiful, and looking into their infamously bad behavior is where I began to learn about birds often pairing for life and are very loving and protective parents.

If not for the overproduction of messy poo, I'd rank them much higher, but I love geese in principle.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Goose poop isn't as messy and liquid as most birds. It's more like little cylinders.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    See, I prefer the liquid poo. It dries quick and doesn't track if you step on it. If it's somewhere you have to clean it up, it rinses or fairly easily scrubs off. Chunky goose poo is just like 10,000 mini dog poos on my walk to work or at the park, etc. and it sits forever or gets stuck in shoe tread. Yuck.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Here Lies anon6789

    I prefer the liquid poo.

    R.I.P.


    It's on your tombstone now. No takebacks.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    Work with animals and this is not the weirdest thing I said on a regular basis by far.

    Never would I have expected that I would spend many Sunday mornings this summer talking to so many beautiful young ladies about treating inflamed squirrel penises. But someone needs to teach them!

    I prefer the liquid bird poo cleanup over the mammal poo in nearly all cases, though stressed out hawks can do some gnarly things.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Deer are not gentle. Approach a mule deer and find out how gentle they are. They're skittish and wary

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    There are lots of YouTube videos of full grown men getting absolutely bullied by deer. I definitely would not describe those whoopings as gentle. Deer go into upright hoof blender mode when their fight instinct kicks in.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    Owls are "very lucky to have good PR".

    I love the blighters but they are the most stupid, evil-minded little sky gremlins to ever soar awkwardly through the skies.

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  • [–] 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    But they're sky kitties! They even like it if you pet their feathers in proper direction without ruffling them.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Geese are entertaining how dare you

    I shit talk them too as a joke but as long as you show no fear and don’t threaten their babies they’re just rubbernecked goofballs who poop a lot in unfortunate places.

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  • [–] 2 points 22 hours ago*

    as long as you show no fear

    This applies to most birds (protecting babies, or being hormonal, not included). If you stare at them intensely, they register it as predator behavior, and are likely to stay the fuck away. Showing teeth also creeps them out.

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    [–] 10 points 1 day ago

    Geese are tenacious

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago

    Geese are the bouncers of the park, making sure no bad vibe people get in.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago*

    Geese are full of shit. Actually that's wrong, they're slightly less than full since they just shat all over your car.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    Geese are police.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    Geese are passionate about maintaining their personal space.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    We don't talk about "them"...

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  • [–] 5 points 16 hours ago

    You know what makes a joke great?

    Putting the punchline in the title. Really elevates it to new levels

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  • [–] 4 points 21 hours ago

    Geese are BUDDIES

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  • [–] 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    Idk man, I've encountered Canada gooses hundreds of times and they have left me alone. I know geese have a reputation for being aggressive, but I've never seen it.

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  • [–] 4 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    I find them more arrogant than aggressive. They do what they want, they go where they want, and they don't give a single flying fuck if they're in anyone's way. I've had so many near misses with them on my bike because they just walk straight onto the trail whenever they feel like it, then take a massive shit on the path while staring at you.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    GEESE are delicious

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    If owls are wise it must be in a Forrest Gump kind of way. They are not smart birds. Their eyes take up basically all the space where other birds would keep their brain.

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  • [–] 3 points 21 hours ago*

    Y'all haven't heard about ducks.

    edit: and of course right after I post this I see someone commented on ducks. But it's not just the sadistic sex. My neighbor has ducks and they're extremely loud, and aggressive to each other, pretty much all the time.

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  • [–] 3 points 18 hours ago

    My strategy for dealing with geese when I'm on my bike is a simple one: Beg for lenience.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    There must be big differences between species, because my local geese population is the chillest bunch. They just move out of the way when you walk by them. I think they breed elsewhere so that might be it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Geese are MEAN.

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago

    And skunks stink.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I know some gardeners with a different view of squirrels.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Geese are the cats of the lakeside

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  • Geese are ASSHOLES

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    I’d probably be pretty pissed off too if my shlong was shaped like a corkscrew.

    or is that ducks?

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