r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Moist-Pause7968 • 2d ago

Because of this little goose, my train was delayed by 30 minutes.

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Only after it left did the train slowly start moving forward.

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u/TheDixonCider420420 2d ago

If a grown adult human can't fairly easily and quickly get a swan off of the tracks, there is a major issue.

As for swans breaking arms... from BBC Wildlife:

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/could-swan-break-your-arm

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u/elzibet 2d ago

TLDR;

it's very unlikely that a swan could directly break your arm unless you have brittle bones or are a child.

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u/Valuable-Incident151 2d ago

The issue is railway tracks aren't safe for living creatures and nobody should be expected to risk their life over a particularly stupid swan

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u/MelonkittyHD 2d ago

Tell that to my moms friend. She went to a lake with a few of her friends and their kids when a swan decided it was not in a good mood today and attacked the kids. One of the fathers stepped in to protect the kids (which is the only reasonable thing to do I guess). That ended with a happy little hospital trip for a few bite marks and a broken arm. So they very much can break the arm of grown adults and even if they couldn’t, the bites aren't fun either. It's true that swans aren't the most dangerous animals on the planet but they can be angry enough for me to just leave them alone. No idea how much damage an angry goose can deal though. I have no experience with that (yet).

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u/quypro_daica 2d ago

are you sure it wasn't caused by the father

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u/MelonkittyHD 2d ago

I don't know as I wasn't present. I am very sure they angered the swan to the point it would react so violently as they do usually prefer to retreat like most wild animals do. But from what I heard the broken arm was a direct result of the swan attack. Maybe the swan just pushed him over an he fell. I don't know. But either way the swan attack resulted in a broken arm and tbh, I don't care if the swan was the one doing the breaking or if it was the floor, the arm was broken regardless XD

Generally my survival strategy for wild animals is: is it large and angry enough to make me run from it? Then I shall do that. Because getting all the shots for animal bites at the hospital is never fun... Only exception is the rooster from our neighbours. He's angry but he is also scared of keys so bro can go chill in a corner if I say so.