My God. He may have died, but can any of us truly say we have lived half as much as he did?
RIP Thomas
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Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
OmegaMouse@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
Swans can live for 40 years?!
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
He’s a goose. 40 is very old for a goose though. Might not be true. It’s too old for a swan though. The longest lifespan I can find for any swan is 40 years (49 for a goose). For black swans specifically 24.7 years: Black swan (Cygnus atratus) longevity, ageing, and life history - genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?specie…
It looks like black swans are extra gay?
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
That’s a lot of honking
474D@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Evil and spite are the greatest life extenders
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
2018! how do you dig up those old gem 💎? You have a folder with it or you recycle Reddit ♻️? Genuinely asking.
passepartout@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Not OP, but I actually downloaded all of my saved posts when I left Reddit with the apicalypse. Maybe I should dig that up and start cooking 🍝
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Feed us
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Nice
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
The bear known as “The Boss” is up there in animal hall-of-fame: mountainsandtreasures.ca/the-big-boss-bear-of-ban…
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The BAMF of Banff.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
gone at the peak of his performance, such a shame
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
'beak ’ of his performance.
Evotech@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Sad :( he was so close to his goal of 69 babies
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Seven years in and the headline’s place in history remains strong.
wewbull@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I think the only way it gets beaten is if the goose gets a better name. Say… “Ferdinand” or Ferdy for short.
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Thats an old goose dayum
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Genuinely if you keep an eye on a particular group of social birds for a while some kind of telenovela drama will unfold without fail. Even pigeons have fascinating lives once you get to know them individually. But for me nothing beats swans and peacocks. They’re so expressive about everything.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
This is why I love my hens.
Like, I had no idea. I didn’t even want chickens. One day my wife comes home with a 6-pack.
Now tho? I could spend a whole day sitting outside, stoned, just watching them live their life. It’s like a soap opera with miniature dinosaurs.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Yeah you get it 😄
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Man, I’m so with you.
We got into it by accident too. I’d been around chickens when I was younger, but never our own, so it’s a totally different experience.
Our little trio is a source of infinite joy and entertainment. Only reason we don’t have more is being at the physical limit of what we can take care of. I’d have a yard full if it were otherwise.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What other good things in life come in 6-packs, I wonder.
Pringles@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
We have blackbirds in our garden and I swear that I have seen the females shout at their lazy ass husband several times. They will tweet angrily, fly after them, hop after them, pull feathers from their tails and whatnot. True drama every time.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Blackbirds are awesome too! Very trusting especially for their size. It’s almost like they enjoy the attention.
lemmyknow@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
I’ve noticed pigeons in recent times. You sometimes see one mofo chasing another, and the other keeps running away like it being chased by some creep. Then, once the second one stops and the original gets near them, the original mofo starts spinning in place, tryina rizz 'em up. Usually leads nowhere, though I once spotted a successful pigeon. Said pigeon then jumped atop the other pigeon. A blink-and-you’ll-miss thing, so quick before they left. It’s something I now notice quite often, having noticed this interesting pattern.
Balinares@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
Is your pigeons’ threatspin routine like, 360 spin one way then 360 spin the other way then charge? That’s what I’ve observed most often. You can tell how pissed the pigeon is by the speed of the spin too.