Among the smartest and longest lived animals we can ever hope to interact with and it was willing to learn this stupid trick to amuse its human friend.
I was at the zoo the other day and there was this fucking goose trying to act likE A FUCKING FLAMINGO
this made my day its so adorable
This reminds me of one of my favorite conservation stories!!
When they were trying to bring Puffins back to islands on the US east coast they decided to do so with dummies. Puffins are very social, and as a result would want to land on islands that already have puffins. The dummies looked real from a distance, but were seriously lacking up close, held up by a single peg. Puffins, being social and wanting to fit in, followed suit:
