Geese (Geese? Gooses?) can be pretty darn scary. They're known for chasing after people they think are a threat. They're really territorial creatures. And some students at a Florida University campus were on the receiving end of a crazy goose attack yesterday, March 12.
As reported by People, the journalism school in Florida A&M University was victim to a very, very territorial goose. A video captured it lunging at people trying to enter the building, causing students to scatter.
The video shows a group of students hesitating as they approach to move past the bird. The goose then proceeds to charge toward a young woman, who, in the process of running away, dropped her jacket. She seems a little too scared to go in to return her jacket, circling around the animal. But then, one brave student stepped forward to grab the jacket and return it to her as others watched away from the heart-pounding scene.
"I watched it attack two other people before I caught the girl on camera," Naiké Owens, the recorder of the video, said. She added that geese aren't an unusual presence on the A&M campus, but people often don't expect their aggression when they get territorial.
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The clip has since gone viral, with commentors laughing at the situation. One wrote, "She took one for the team, everyone was able to walk past after", with another writing "Thank you to the man that helped get her jacket."
Have You Seen The Famous 'Goose Tornado'?
As reported by the Associated Press, thousands of migrating snow geese took flight from a Pennsylvania reservoir today, March 13. This marks the beginning of their annual spring flight toward New York state and Québec.
There were around two dozen birdwatchers present to watch the amazing display, just after sunrise. One, Pennsylvania Game Commission educational specialist Payton Miller, described it as a "bird tornado".
"All it takes is for me to come out here on a really nice morning where there's a huge morning flight and I'm... reminded how awesome it is to see such a large number of such a beautiful bird," he said.
I wonder if we'll be seeing more territorial geese on college campuses up North later in the year?
