Slow-motion take off
Geese Taking Flight from Edward Tufte on Vimeo.
Slowing this process down highlights the ungainly grace of the geese’s take-off. It takes a bit of wiggle to get airborne: watch those feet!
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September 19th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I’m impressed that Tufte is uploading to Vimeo. What a happening dude!
September 20th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
The first pair of geese we got several years ago were very aggressive during mating and nesting season. Both the male and female would slap your shins with their wings (remarkably painful). They were Toulouse geese, and ungainly fliers.
Once the male attacked me while I was in a crouching position and clamped on to my right nipple with his beak. I stood upright with a new understanding of the word agony, and he was still attached, flapping his wings to reduce the strain on his neck.
Nearly gave up vegetarianism that day.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
So, if I had been one of your ill-tempered geese, I would have been a Toulouse Goose? Your harrowing tale of avian nipple clampage made me think immediately of certain San Franciscans who will no doubt be running out to acquire a Toulouse Goose for their sexual arsenal. Ouch! There’s more than 1 way to fly, y’know…
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 am
[...] amusing. I guess it makes up for them producing their own volume in shit on a daily basis, the biting, and the savage beatings they can give you during laying [...]
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I can ship viable eggs anywhere in the continental US, but most folks are going to need an incubator.