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TIL geese are pretty rad. They have the ability to control each of their eyes independently like a chameleon. They can also shut down one half of their brain to rest, and can even adjust how deeply they sleep by how wide their eye is open or closed
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And they’re also FUCKING EVIL!!!
Source: I Am Canadian!
And they shit grass Cheetos everywhere. E.V..E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E.
They’re also amazing guard dogs.
So you are saying a Canada goose can be half asleep always ready to assault you.. you can’t even get a surprise drop on it because it will observe you like a chameleon.
Man these really are the local lakes raidboss, always ready for a fight.
Okay that’s fine and dandy and all but how in the fuck do scientists know that geese communicate with goslings in the egg like what the fuck quackery is that
They are one of the transcendental animals.
Counterpoint: moving your eyes independently is not rad, but rather creepy.
Geese are rats with long necks. You can’t change my mind.
Many birds are able to enter this state called torpor.