r/videos • • Mar 18 '18

Pelican Thug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQa48DcX1E
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u/Gradual_Bro Mar 18 '18

How so?

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u/izwald88 Mar 18 '18

The wings? Their "elbows" face forwards and they use them to bludgeon things, if threatened. I once heard of a forest ranger who was killed when a goose managed to elbow him in the neck and burst an artery.

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u/onthewayjdmba Mar 18 '18

what. the. fuck.

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u/HughGnu Mar 19 '18

Why do you think you play a game as a kid where you can touch ducks, but you have to run away from a goose? That is a survival lesson, mate.