I knew that swans mate for life but I recently learned that also geese – particularly Canada geese – pick a mate and stay together (unlike ducks who are serial monogamists).
“Little by little, living together, two people fall into a sort of unison, they vibrate so intricately to one another. That’s the real secret of marriage,”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
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Parrots are the same
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I did not know that. We have them in a pond near my home
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Geese have many endearing characteristics. But they’re still mobsters who terrify everything else from our village ponds.
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Do tell … any photographic evidence?
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All negative evidence. No ducklings that survive more than a day or two. Fewer adult ducks and moorhens. And I choose not to take photo of mountains of goose excrement on the pavements.
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This is … not nice. I didn’t know geese would do that.
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They’re wonderful parents, but not wonderful citizens.
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