Bambi Protects Mother Goose

[3113]

That's the original title there....

It's a scene right out of a Disney movie, a mother goose has lost her lifelong mate and was left alone to create and tend to her nest. She spends the day sheltering her eggs from the cold spring air inside an empty cemetery urn chosen as home.

The loss of her male partner now makes her vulnerable to any would-be predators who choose to approach the nest. But, in an unlikely twist of fate, an adult deer has befriended the mother goose, taking over the role of protector.

This animal arrangement is highly unusual, since there's no known way that a deer and goose can communicate. Yet somehow the deer has come to understand the need of the nesting mother.

The deer now spends its days near the urn acting as guardian when needed. As passersby approach the area the deer stands and places itself between the person and the nesting goose. On one occasion the deer even took a protective stance taking on a barking dog near the area of the urn.

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Maybe they're both just protecting the urn?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

The 'life-long-ness" of goose mating is highly overstated. I think he ran off with some floozy--or flew off with some ranny. As for the buck, he believes in birds-tiality.

 

[3113]

The 'life-long-ness" of goose mating is highly overstated. I think he ran off with some floozy--or flew off with some ranny. As for the buck, he believes in birds-tiality.

I think the deer is bucking a trend

 

[Handley_Page]

I some folk remember to leave breadcrumbs for the goose and whatever it is Deer eat for the buck.

 

[stephen55]

I some folk remember to leave breadcrumbs for the goose and whatever it is Deer eat for the buck.

Deer eat Purina Deer Chow.

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I don't think they make a Goose Chow.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Deer eat Purina Deer Chow.

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I don't think they make a Goose Chow.

Geese graze like sheep and cattle. She's got plenty to eat in the cemetery.
And the deer will have a wonderful time gobbling up all the bouquets left 'in memory of' . . .