# Geese in the road

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geese-in-the-road/775658>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 26, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geese-in-the-road/775658 "2016-12-26T17:44:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geese-in-the-road/775658/41 "2016-12-29T22:55:20Z")

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> [@jz78817](#):
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> I take it you’ve never had a goose (or several) decide to charge back at you?
> 
> geese are rude, messy, belligerent, and noisy. they’re like teenagers.

I’d take a dozen geese before a single swan. Nasty things, they’ll even attack boats.

> [@Gary\_T](#):
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> Canada geese, actually (not Canadian).

No, they’re called Canadian Geese here. Wikipedia refuses to acknowledge it, but they’re stubborn and wrong.

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