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minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoYup. They have no fear and will fuck you up. Swans too.
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·1 month agoThey actually generally don’t fuck people up themselves, most goose or swan related injuries are due to people panicking and hurting themselves. At the end of the day, they’re still birds - they have hollow bones and will come out worse from any serious confrontation with an adult human.
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoFinally someone with actual first hand goose fighting experience.
minus-squareOmega_Jimes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYes, but also its illegal to kill a goose. And I’m pretty sure someone told the geese.
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoBesides people panicking and hurting themselves, the only real risk a goose actually poses to an adult is if they get a cut. Those things are riddled with bacteria. Disinfect the cut and you’re fine.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoSwans are terrifyingly big too. They’re obviously scary like a tank. Geese seem small and harmless, like an IED.
minus-squareThePyroPython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoSwans: can break a man’s arm or blow up a man’s house. Why do you think the US failed to weaponise them and only got so far as Pigeons.
Yup. They have no fear and will fuck you up. Swans too.
They actually generally don’t fuck people up themselves, most goose or swan related injuries are due to people panicking and hurting themselves.
At the end of the day, they’re still birds - they have hollow bones and will come out worse from any serious confrontation with an adult human.
Finally someone with actual first hand goose fighting experience.
Yes, but also its illegal to kill a goose.
And I’m pretty sure someone told the geese.
Besides people panicking and hurting themselves, the only real risk a goose actually poses to an adult is if they get a cut. Those things are riddled with bacteria. Disinfect the cut and you’re fine.
Swans are terrifyingly big too. They’re obviously scary like a tank. Geese seem small and harmless, like an IED.
Swans: can break a man’s arm or blow up a man’s house.
Why do you think the US failed to weaponise them and only got so far as Pigeons.