We used to have Muscovy ducks many years ago - they're basically short geese
with attitude. I once had to rescue my 6yo son from the big drake who had taken
exception to being pushed off the path. He had Nic by the ear with the hook on
the end of his beak, was beating him around the sides and arms with a 6ft
wingspan and raking him with his claws, as he was right off the ground. Full
attack.
The same beast went to a new home as a watchduck. I had experience with
manhandling geese from my teenage visits to French farms. So fearlessly (!) I
caught him , stuffed him in a tea chest and nailed down the lid for the
journey. He battered the sides a bit during the short drive. When we arrived, I
tipped the chest on its side in the garden, ripped off the lid and stepped back
to join the others. He reeled out, got his balance, got his vision back. looked
down the line of half-a-dozen humans watching him and promptly flew straight at
me with homicide in mind.
Next week: How to survive an malevolent Emu.
Andrew Fildes
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On 10/06/2014, at 6:24 PM, David Thatcher wrote:
> When we lived 'out in the sticks', we had a few geese - they pretty much
> rendered the dog obsolete :)
>
> One of them nested near the electric meter box. I went out to reset a
> circuit breaker, got too close, and she grabbed my left leg and pulled
> it out from under me - I fell over... When your face is under theirs
> it's more than a little scary...
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