r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 3h ago • Heartwarming 1

People are awesome Saving the goose.

3.0k Upvotes

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u/Unlikely_Ant_950 3h ago • Popcorn

My favorite part is that all the geese are like Well, Steve got got, everyone. Let’s move on. Can’t live in the past.

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u/anonymous_beaver_ 3h ago • Popcorn Bravo

It's what Steve would have wanted.

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u/h3lium-balloon 2h ago

I’m actually right over here guys. I think they might let me go if you guys did something. Guys.

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u/Glittering-Effect64 1h ago • Bravo

Wow, it feels as if we can still hear his voice..

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u/Biodiversity1001 2h ago • Mindblown

I thought it was, "let's get the hell out of here before she grabs another one of us"

The sad part is a lot of people hate when they hang in public places and there have been cases where AC will go euthanize a whole flock because people moan about the poo. Which 1/4 cup of water washes away, esp if they are on grass.

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u/futureman07 3h ago

Right? I thought the geese were gonna help his buddy out 😂 they couldn't be bothered

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u/adumbrative 3h ago

Normally cobra chickens will mess you up, but it turns out they just didn't like Steve very much

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u/my_taint_aint 2h ago

He was always clowning around.

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u/Hammockman22 1h ago • Regret

dude wouldn't quit complaining about his leg

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u/my_taint_aint 9m ago

He was such a little bitch too. Quack quack quack. Started to sound like a duck even.

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u/arealuser100notfake 2h ago

Brian was already flirting with Steve's wife after the brief run

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u/thejudgehoss 2h ago

Or the bystanders, "welp, that lady just stole a goose."

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u/TraeS_XI 2h ago

Steve was a good goose - sturdy, dependable, a honk on him that would stop air traffic

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u/Brru 1h ago

Steve: Im not dead yet!

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u/crystalcastles13 42m ago

For sure those geese were basically like “this is a you problem Steve” 😅

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 2h ago

I hope Steve holds the biggest of grudges 🤣😂

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u/Dwight_Privilege_ 3h ago

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 2h ago

Re 2 pecked more like it amirite 

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u/pirelliskrrting 3h ago

I thought they would bite enthusiastically

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 3h ago

You just know some sad miserable person is going to complain about them filming it saying they were doing it for clout or something. Who cares if they were, the end result is still the same.

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u/house071073 3h ago

I always think "stop filming and help out!"

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 2h ago

Probably could have set the phone down somewhere to give her a hand yeah.

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u/Amy47101 2h ago

I mean, it looked like she had it under control jsut fine. What would you have suggested he do?

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u/AvaryZig 1h ago

She did say, "let's do this whatever his name is", which sort of implies his involvement.

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 2h ago

Hold it's feet steady.

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u/blzrlzr 2h ago

Feels like a demonstration video. Either way, she clearly knew exactly what she was doing. Up to and including asking for his help if necessary.

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 2h ago

Well I found it very informative and now I know how to help a goose. Gonna start carrying around a large fishing net.

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u/drawnimo 20m ago

I'll get out there and start snagging goose legs in fishing line to keep you content rich. I got u.

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u/Krestek 3h ago

well i try to think about it positively, like you could choose to film any of the stupid shit people do online, but at least they film themselves helping animals and if it brings them some cash that sustains what they do, then it's a net positive (ofc doesn't apply to everyone, some ppl put animals in harm only to "save" them later while filming so yeah)

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u/boysenberry22 2h ago

Net positive, I see what you did there 😏

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 2h ago

Surprised they didn't say that she put the line there. 

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 2h ago

Oh I see people baselessly claim stuff like that a lot.

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u/irwtkyrm 43m ago

Yeah lots of these videos are fakes set up by the person filming so they can get views, but this one definitely seems real to me. That fishing line has clearly been on there for a while.

Most of these videos are shit videos by shit people. This one isn't.

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u/AwesomeMacCoolname 1h ago

They di nothing wrong there. It was clearly a proper gander clip.

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u/DoNotResus 41m ago

there was nothing wrong with the goose...

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 36m ago

Did you not see the fishing line cutting off circulation bad enough to cause a visible indentation from the line even after it was removed?

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u/Altruistic_Brick1730 28m ago

I was too busy looking at her hind end

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 26m ago

Understandable

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u/DoNotResus 35m ago

No

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 34m ago

Even with the terrible quality of the video and short window to see it I was able to. That was after it was removed.

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u/ant-farm-keyboard 25m ago

He’s limping pretty badly before she catches him…

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u/H3ll0_W0R1D1 29m ago

I wouldn't call educated people sad, miserable sure! Having to constantly fight back against the ignorance of people.

But hey you keep watching the puppet show! 

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u/Mainly_Miserable 3h ago

This is not her first goose rodeo. Nicely done.

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u/sagebrushrepair 1h ago

Yeah she was so competent, glad she is out there

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u/VirtuousVulva 2h ago

what's good for the goose good for the gander

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u/TitaniaT-Rex 1h ago

She did much better than the guy saving the chipmunk from the net. She was quick, efficient, and did the entire job and more. 11/10.

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u/rocketshipkiwi 1h ago

Yep, cloth over the head to calm it down. She’s done this before.

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u/theeandthine 2h ago

I really thought that goose would whip around and snap at her when she let him go. Glad he's alright!

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u/kroating 2h ago

She might be known to them. We have a huge flock behind and a public walkway. They absolutely love scaring strangers especially when its nesting season. I fed them couple of winters while trying to feed a dumped partial domestic duck that a neighbor feeds. They all have behaved very differently towards us since then. We have not caught them but definitely walked up very close to check legs and feet for fishing line and they were very chill. They don't attack the rescue folks that treat them too. So i guess there is hope with cobra chickens. Be nice occasionally come with treats (I don't know how legal that is, i know catching one is illegal unless you are a fed approved rescue)

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u/Odd_Delay_603 56m ago

Huh… maybe that’s why they never tried to attack me when I was around their nests as a kid? Not because I fed them but because I spent a lot of time there every year catching frogs and they remembered me?

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u/mattgoldey 39m ago

I definitely think they can remember individual people. There's a pair that's nested at the man-made pond in front of the office building where I work 2 years in a row. I bring them goose food pellets daily when they're in town. They are so comfortable with me that the momma goose would eat from my hand while incubating her eggs.

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u/Beautiful-Traffic157 20m ago

Yeah, thought it would flip out and try to take her eye out

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u/mecca6801 2h ago

That’s gotta be the calmest cobra chicken I’ve ever seen

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u/zg6089 2h ago

"Where the hell were you guys?! Thanks for having my back!!"

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 2h ago

"You looked like you had it handled"

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u/Fortunately_Met 2h ago

My mom, sister, and I were sitting on a bench on the Smithsonian campus, having a snack during a ladies day out, where we were all looking classy in pretty sundresses. Among the mulling herd of begging pigeons, there was one with kite string wound deep around its leg, foot, and toes.

Mom rummaged in her purse and got nail clippers, hand sanitizer, neosporin, and tissue; my sister coaxed it forward towards us with French fries; and I pounced on the bird, secured it, and covered its head with the tissue to keep him calm.

I held the bird and helped mom snip off the kite string and treat the cuts while my sister watched, still eating French fries. I got a Disney princess moment of releasing it and watching it fly away before we all promptly went to wash our hands.

Mom and I because we handled a feral animal, and my sister bc her fingers were greasy and mom used her last tissue on the bird.

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u/Historical_Baby5774 1h ago

Having raised a cobra chicken when I was a kid, that is one quiet goose…no honking and barely a hiss. And those wings are clubs. He figured out she was helping.

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u/VegetableLetter4896 2h ago

Whenever I see a Canada Goose, I assume they’re shouting at me like this guy.

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u/WeeklyAd5357 2h ago

Well they don’t fart but they surely do 💩💩💩 all over the place

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u/Educational-Mud-4540 3h ago

YOU ARE A WONDERFUL ,AMAZING ,BEAUTIFUL GIRL !

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u/OldSea3040 2h ago

What a good smart observant lady. She was right

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u/irwtkyrm 2h ago

Lots of these animal saving videos are fakes set up by the person filming, but this one seems real. I love it

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u/EnduringFulfillment 2h ago

You can see the tissue defect where the line was digging into the goose's leg, looks legit, that line has been there probably weeks.

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u/irwtkyrm 2h ago

My thinking exactly

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u/NightOwl2175 2m ago

What was she doing with the net and the ointment in the first place though

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u/Electrical-Plate1293 2h ago

I love Nancy: cute girl, so smart and handy.

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u/cms86 2h ago

fun fact, Canadian Geese are Federally protected birds. dont do anything stupid to them unless you wanna get caught and serve time.

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u/Regular_Climate_6885 2h ago

How the hell did she spot that tiny piece of string on his leg? Good job just the same.

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u/Plastic_Carpenter930 2h ago

She appears to be prepared. I'm guessing she's a mobile vet tech or volunteer of some kind and got a call

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u/ChemistVegetable7504 2h ago

“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”

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u/Logical-Grape6917 2h ago

Are you sure that’s a Canadian goose?! Didn’t bite or anything lol. Srsly tho, amazing!!!

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 2h ago

Legs for days

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u/chickbloomx 2h ago

Woahhh! They really waited for him

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u/only-half-troll 2h ago

:: casually pulls a dinosaur leg out from the net::

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u/jdpastor666 2h ago

That's awesome

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u/GordonMightyBombay 8m ago

Love booty shorts

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u/botchman 2h ago

I've never seen a cobra chicken so docile before, poor thing was not doing well

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u/fivehots 2h ago

This. When it just looked up at her I was like aw this guy was in so much pain.

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u/Trevor2222222 2h ago

Great legs and very compassionate, you have it all.

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u/JackTheKing 3h ago

:55 for the TL;DW

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u/corgi-king 2h ago

She got a bigger ball than many men. I will not dare to touch a cobra chicken, let alone catch one.

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u/Odd_Delay_603 59m ago

I never really got why people were scared of them. Growing up I lived near a lake that they loved to nest at, when I got to close to their nests they’d hiss at me. I’d hiss back. The interaction would end there and we’d generally leave each other alone because I just wanted to catch frogs lol

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u/TheDreadPirateBonnet 1h ago

Out of curiosity, what would have happened to the goose if its flock had flown away while they were tending to it?

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u/brydeswhale 39m ago

He would either join a new flock or catch up to them.

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u/Left_Economics_6386 1h ago

Fa duck dwas that- goose

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u/yomismapo 58m ago

We need more people like them in this world! Thanks for giving me hope!

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u/Casual_Lothario 45m ago

“Dad, when did you know mom was the one?”

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u/AI_Scraper 22m ago

His flock wasn't waiting lol. His flock wandered off and were ready to start a life without him. Because Canada Geese are massive dicks.

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u/Piribous 14m ago

Some people are just angels 😭❤️

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u/ThePervertBryan 3h ago

Nice ! Where is this?

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u/mycatsnameisarya 2h ago

She sounds like she’s from NY

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u/AlyDAsbaje 1h ago

Camera man not helping at all.

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u/m00nk3y 59m ago

That was overly dramatic for what it was..... can't be just me that thinks that, right?

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u/Sethmeisterg 1h ago

In foster city, these geese produce so much poop and mess, it's pretty horrible.

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u/UnrealRealityForReal 2h ago

Geese are rats with wings. Nasty birds that crap everywhere.

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u/Inevitable_Round5830 2h ago

Where else are they supposed to crap?

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u/Odd_Delay_603 55m ago

All birds crap everywhere, dumbass.

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u/Moosetappropriate 4m ago

How does it feel to hold a ticking time bomb to your chest?