Posted on 07/16/2021 4:18:37 AM PDT by MissEdie
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (WPRI) ─ An unexpected visitor at a Massachusetts wildlife hospital Wednesday gave the phrase “through sickness and health” a whole new meaning.
The story begins with a Canada goose named Arnold.
Arnold and his mate, according to Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, have lived on a pond near the facility for several years.
But on Tuesday, staff members noticed Arnold began walking with a limp and kept falling over.
After catching him and bringing him inside, the wildlife hospital discovered Arnold had two open fractures on his foot.
“Our best guess is that a snapping turtle or other predator attacked him while swimming,” the hospital wrote, adding that it was apparent Arnold would need surgery to repair the injured foot.
Fast forward to Wednesday. As staff members were preparing Arnold for surgery, the wildlife hospital said they could hear a faint tapping at the clinic door.
“We turned to see that his mate had waddled up onto the porch and was attempting to break into our clinic,” the wildlife hospital wrote. “She had somehow located him and was agitated that she could not get inside.”
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Y’all are a really punny bunch.
Have you seen this video? Backyard Squirrel Maze 2.0- The Walnut Heist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvS9lvRxZ8
Me too! :)
For the last few years, since building the pond behind the house, we have a pair of Canada Geese that frequent our place. Their devotion to one another is well known. We have a National Wildlife Refuge near us and knew one of the mangers. When I was growing up, his stories of geese and their loyalty to one another swore me off of hunting them. Something else will have to thin the population but not me.
The pairs here graze around the pond one eating while the other watches. They entertain the cats who have given up stalking and instead just walk out to check on the geese. The cats get hissed at but I’ve never seen one bitten.
We do have a fence that prevents the geese from wandering into the yard and leaving grease droppings.
Their loss🤣
That was great!
A little more complicated than I had planned, but it was really cute video. 😂
Don’t want to crap on a nice story but there appears to be lots of goose poop all over that outside deck..........
Saw a Video where the Bird Feeder was placed on a tall Pole.
They attached a Slinky to the bottom of the Feeder which ran down the Pole.
The Squirrels tried to climb the pole and the Slinky caused them to give it up.
“Elon Musk Flame Thrower....” LOL!
Loved this one too!
After shooting the first one, geese hunters will often get the mate when it swings back to see what happened to the first.
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