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[–] [email protected] 93 points 11 months ago (6 children)

As the local "weird possum girl", they are very intelligent! They shouldn't be!

See, opossum have smooth brains. This isn't normally linked to a high intelligence. Yet, they can remember if a food is toxic for up to two weeks after ingesting it, can learn and remember how to operate different sliding locks, and can solve simple puzzles with the right motivation(food)!

They can also form bonds, remembering people they like and dislike. Which is kinda funny to think about, because their babies spend a period of time riding around on moms back before they're big enough to waddle off on their own. If one falls off, she may very well trundle off, leaving the little one behind, who may hitch a ride on a totally different jill that happens to walk by.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

goodness how i wish there was a weird possum girl in my locality

i would buy her lunch

not to eat with her as some creepy implied commitment to a date but because free food is an appropriate gift for opossum enthusiasts and I am just as happy for her to enjoy it without me if she so chooses.

(but to be fair i would prefer if she'd join me so i can listen to her talk about opossum facts)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd recommend something besides lunch for that, or at least have a strong stomach.

You'll eventually hit the gross facts, and the little guys can get gross. Still absolutely adorable scavengers who play a key part in the decay cycle, but gross.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I’ve a strong stomach, and insatiable curiosity.

What kind of gross? Like rabbits eating their own first-pass poo?

(My RN mother used to watch graphic surgical shows during dinner so almost nothing really bothers me…. Except spelunkers getting stuck in caves. Holy fuck does that bother me and I’ll never be in a cave, so very illogical phobia)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Two weeks doesn't seem like all that long before forgetting that some food was toxic lol

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Tell that to lactose intolerant people who love cheese. -from the very same.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

This gal possums.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Oppossoms are better than merely smart. They eat HELLA PEST INSECTS!

now, Geese...

Geese are fiercely protective of their families and flocks and are amazing at guarding territory; they cannot be bribed or ingratiated. In brazil, a prison has provided a habitat for geese around the facility between the inner fence and the outer wall which has been surprisingly effective at discouraged escape attempts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't be bribed? What if you could get a clutch of goose eggs to imprint on you? Then you'd be part of the family and invincible with your goose army! You could go goose-stepping across the continent!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

Let's make a deal:

You go ahead and try to get close enough to a clutch of goose eggs that you can incubate them to hatching;

I'll point and laugh as their parents and all the other geese in the entire flock swarm you in a solid frenzied wall of honking, hissing, biting, bludgeoning, implacable white-hot incandescent fury.

You are proposing to fuck with a force of nature, my friend. I can't stop you. But they can. X3

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My favorite game is Untitled Goose Game.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nothing comes close to making my children laugh as much as that game. I love when they play it.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Squirrels aren’t just good climbers, squirrels are professional circus performers who are constantly putting on free shows for everybody.

Squirrels are hilarious, they don’t get enough credit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My neighborhood squirrel hung upsidedown on our bird feeder holding the top with his feet while he ninja'd seeds out of the feeder. I was more impressed than anything.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Actually owls are really stupid. Like surprisingly stupid

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Geese make a great defensive line.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They're basically slightly idiotic guard dogs with an element of surprise.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can bribe a guard dog, you won't bribe a flock of geese. The owner will know you are there, and there WILL be blood!

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cobra Chicken. That is all.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Tbh that's not wrong

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Very tasty and when cooked properly at the right time of year are more like a roast beef than poultry.

I've had it roasted whole over a fire, roasted like a turkey in the oven, boiled in stew, pan fried, split roasted over a fire, smoked, seasoned and preserved in salt, pork fat and goose fat. I grew up eating it with rice, potatoes, carrots and dumplings. I could drink the gravy like an energy drink. I used to sit with my mom every spring to roast dozens of gizzards and hearts while I helped her pluck, gut, prepare the birds for smoking and eating.

In the wilderness I'm not afraid of geese because i see them as food. In the city I'm afraid of geese because if I killed one to eat, I'd be arrested for some kind of law and sent to be evaluated for a mental disorder.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You got a problem with Canadian Gooses then you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Those are Canada's fucking gooses!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

No, deer are rats with hooves.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Rats are cute and intelligent.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What about crows? Crows are pretty cool

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They'll remember that they were slighted in this post and make the Nebraska Humane Society pay for this insult

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

I found the best way to walk through a crowd of geese is to avoid eye contact at all costs. Pretend it's an empty field and you'll most likely be safe.

It's like an extreme sport but without the price tag. Although I would not walk through a crowd of geese if babies are present, no matter how cute, fluffy and snuggly they look.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Nobody thinks of the poor possum holding it down for marsupials in north America

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Turtles are SURPRISINGLY FAST and also have SHELL ACCESS so every Linux geek should appreciate them

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Geese will kill you for looking at them funny

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ravens make this gurgling throw up noise which is pretty cool

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Inside a goose's mouth.

That's all I have to say on the matter.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

My owl friend has returned to my neighborhood and I can hear him hooting at night. I've never met, interacted with, or seen this friend, but I love him all the same.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Geese are evil flying snakes. They'll even hiss at you.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

why is squirrel spelled like a professor from Hogwarts?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We have geese here and basically come in during spring and literally take over. They are all over the beach, shit on every grass patch and generally have attitudes when you walk by. Some even posturing up like they are going to charge.

They are the assholes of the bird kingdom. They sit on roof tops and beak off from 4am to 7am, honking like a meteor is headed right for us.

They are unlovable!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Geese are uh well...geese

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think I had a username geese kicker somewhere .

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