Protecting Her Eggs Or A General Dislike For Students?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327212/Terrorised-protective-mother-goose-Students-forced-run-cover-birds-looking-eggs.html

Perhaps when those eggs hatch out the chicks could be trained to take care of 'student protests', just a thought.:0)

[Baldric]

Must be a slow News Day!

[jim360]

A year or so ago, maybe more, I enjoyed watching "Goose v. Swan" on the banks of the Cam. The goose won.

[Mamyalynne]

Good thought indeed, I have Geese nesting a few yards away and last week warned some youngsters to steer clear - one thought he would defy me and got chased away good and proper(by the Goose not me).

[ummmm]

They are very aggressive even without chicks to protect.

[daffy654]

My stepson used to call them 'baddy ducks' after he was attacked by one when he was very little.

[Old_Geezer]

Some folk are so timid they wouldn't say ,"Boo", to a goose !

[Kromovaracun]

I have stayed in that area of the Warwick campus, and have encountered those very same Geese.

They never attacked me though...

[AlwaysConfused]

I have to walk past geese on the way to and fro work. I've been late before as they physically won't let me past, forcing me to backtrack and take a longer route! Although it makes me smile when they stop rush hour traffic as they hog the road

[mikey4444]

In the course of my work, I visit lots of farms. I am not afraid of most things that you might find there, like sheep dogs for instance. The old postmans trick of carrying a few doggie treats and bisquits in my pocket normally does me in good stead. Its a rare dog that can't be bribed. But geese are quite another thing. Tell a goose to "bugger off", shoo, or anything similar just seems to make them more bad tempered. I think they view such soppy human efforts as an even bigger challenge. I can't count the number of times I have had to retreat back to the car and sound the horn for help.

The Romans used to take geese on their campaigns with them, staking them out at night around the perimeters of their camps. Unlike the human guards, they never overslept, and in an emergency, you could eat them !