Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 18:56:14 JST goatsarah

   Is there any urban wildlife as dangerous and aggressive as the British Herring Gull?

   It will absolutely fuck you up for a chip.

   Apparently Sydney, in Australia, is having problems with aggressive gulls and they’ve employed dog walkers to scare them off. I saw a picture.

   In England, the gulls would take the dog. Easily. It was not a big dog.

   The Herring Gull would totally win in a fight.

   Don’t mess with them. They remember you, and after making you bleed, will make a point of shitting on you every time it sees you afterwards.

   If it wants the chip, give it the bag. Honestly, not giving it the chip is risking you getting into some serious “I just killed John Wick’s dog” type shit.

   • Embed this notice
     Ben Curthoys (bencurthoys@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 19:25:48 JST Ben Curthoys

     in reply to

     @goatsarah You have reminded me, and so for the benefit of those who few who don't already know it, here is a link to the "bag of chips at the train station" story:

     https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/02/02/story-man-feeding-seagull-train-station-hilarious/

   • Embed this notice
     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 19:25:48 JST goatsarah

     in reply to

     • Ben Curthoys
     @bencurthoys This man is Loki incarnate!
   • Embed this notice
     Stuart D Neilson (stuartdneilson@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 20:44:19 JST Stuart D Neilson

     in reply to

     @goatsarah They are beautiful creatures. If we hadn't destroyed their food sources and nesting environments, seagulls would have no conflict with humans.
     https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/16/theyre-here-at-our-invitation-how-gulls-took-over-the-uks-cities

   • Embed this notice
     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 20:44:19 JST goatsarah

     in reply to

     • Stuart D Neilson

     @StuartDNeilson Why they steal my pot plants then?

     And the pots?

   • Embed this notice
     FeralRobots (feralrobots@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 21:55:27 JST FeralRobots

     in reply to

     @goatsarah They're not urban but there's a species of Tasmanian parrot that is absolutely not to be fucked with. They're like crows joined the mafia & got elected mayor.

     goatsarah likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Stuart D Neilson (stuartdneilson@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 22:53:45 JST Stuart D Neilson

     in reply to

     @goatsarah There is a stylish nest somewhere near you.

     goatsarah likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     blacksanshoes (blacksanshoes@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 06:49:53 JST blacksanshoes

     in reply to

     @goatsarah a big ugly fecking one stole my wife's bacon roll from her hand before she could take a bite, they are shitehawks.

     goatsarah likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 22:14:26 JST goatsarah

     in reply to

     • Inken Paper 🇵🇸

     @crashglasshouses Thing is (and we have Canada geese in the UK too), they’re basically bluffing. You can run screaming at geese and they will usually flee. Geese are colossal bullshitters who only follow through if they think you are intimidated by them (see also swans).

     A seagull, however, will bear a grudge on you and your descendants for generations if you cross it.

   • Embed this notice
     Inken Paper 🇵🇸 (crashglasshouses@tsukihi.me)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 22:14:27 JST Inken Paper 🇵🇸

     in reply to

     @goatsarah in canada, we have geese for that.

   • Embed this notice
     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 22:23:09 JST goatsarah

     in reply to

     • Inken Paper 🇵🇸

     @crashglasshouses It knows how to make your life a misery and it will fight a war of attrition against you literally for years. Every time you leave the house, it will shit on you. It will dive bomb you with its mates. It will learn your habits and lie waiting in ambush. They are basically mafia.

     Geese have nothing in comparison.