Posted on 04/14/2011 7:15:14 PM PDT by Beowulf9
BUFFALO, N.Y., April 12 (UPI) -- Witnesses said an adult deer has taken over the role of protecting a mother goose preparing to hatch her eggs in New York state as a single parent.
Locals in Buffalo said the goose, a species known to mate for life, lost her male partner and would have been left defenseless while protecting her eggs in an empty cemetery urn if a deer had not stepped in to guard the expectant mother, WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, reported Tuesday.
Passersby said the deer places itself between the goose and approaching humans or animals. The deer was once seem to take up a protective stance to ward off a barking dog, they said
This shows that cross-species marriages should be recognized by law < /junk science conclusion of the day >
The title of this thread isn’t confusing enough.
Perhaps it should be written in Esperanto.
OOps. didn’t see it that way, guess you were not a fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle, as many weren’t.
So, I’m putting in a request the mods change the name to Deer becomes goose’s protector, the original name of the story, if possible.
Lol, thanks for that;)
No one in New York has cameras, not even on their cell phones. Maybe they don’t even have cell phones in NY. /s
Still, a good story.
All your mooses and squirrel are belong to us
Not Moose and Squirrel but Deer and Goose or Deer that bit the Moose that bit my Sister who bit the Squirrel that married the Goose that.....
I might mention it has already been posted as a thread on FR at least once.
How can anyone NOT be a fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle?
LMFBO!!!
Where but UPI or AP or any of the rest of the Democrat "mainstream" newsrooms could this be written with a straight face?
I dunno. How could Picasso paint those portraits with a straight face?
There’s a place for God’s creatures right beside the potatoes and peas. Mmmmm...good.
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