Conclusive proof all species of geese are assholes
Superior assholes
And lungs.
In geese it’s called a vent.
However, if you have pet birds and you would light a scented candle, or burn a non stick pot, these poisonous substances will affect them so much harder than for humans, often with deadly consequences
Burning a non stick pot can also fuck you up pretty badly, though. Please do not try this at home.
Are scented candles bad for birds? I didn’t realize. My parrot isn’t affected by them it seems.
Edit: well no more scented candles for me it seems
Yes, according to vets and avian specialists, they pose a significant danger for birds. Personally, i wouldn’t risk it. Birds are very sensitive to polluted air, way more than humans are.
Hence the idiom “canary in a coal mine” for early detection of a failure. Miners used to carry a caged bird with them to detect pockets of deadly gasses. If the canary suddenly drops dead, it’s time to get the hell out.
“This canary died of natural causes.”
My favourite tidbit about them is how there were dedicated devices to bring them back from the brink of unconsciousness: https://museumcrush.org/this-device-was-used-to-resuscitate-canaries-in-coal-mines/
Be careful. It may seem that there’s no effect, but there might be long-term consequences
Such a power honk
There’s at least one Himalayan goose out there keeping a tally of climbers they’ve honked off the mountain. It’s not just me who thinks so, right?
Untitled Goose Game: Everest Edition
Himalayan Goose: “Honk! Honk!”
Mountain Climber on Everest:
“Get back here…”
Takes breath of oxygen
“…you son of a bitch!”
Unidirectional air flow, whats the big d… oh.
Imagine your blood flow was not unidirectional. Not arteries and veins, just… vessels for both directions. You’d like – have to pump blood down into your extremities one heartbeat, and with the next one draw it back towards the heart. With the added malus that you only get partial replacement of blood, because you cant completely constrict your vessels.
You probably couldnt even leave your bed, let alone stand on two legs that way.
Right? Birds got it going on. Meanwhile, we’re sitting here like, “Whew, I’m gonna need a breather after taking that last breath”
“Whew, I’m gonna need a breather after taking that last breath”
This is absolute poetry. FFS, our bodies are such absolute half-baked hack-jobs that we can’t even honk properly.
congratulations, you discovered the Arachnid blood system. they have a one way circulatory system, which they need because unlike other insects, they have actual lungs.
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Yeah but they get badass hydraulic locomotion that way. Imagine you had no muscles and you lifted your arms by manipulating your blood pressure.
Or it’s just because geese are assholes.
Himalayan climbers are also assholes though.
Some day, someone will teach a goose to play the bagpipes.
Typical Canadian goose attitude 😆
Typical Canadian goose altitude
Nah a Canada goose would shit on you then gang honk you with six of its friends
nah, those would probably dive bomb the climbers
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It is not the first time that climbers have been observed in the Himalayas, who reached the top of the mountain with the last efforts with oxygen masks, while the cherpas were already up waiting with a cigarette in their hands.
And they don’t even vape
Well that settles it. It do honk!
