Has Anyone Died from Geese?

Death by goose attack is definitely not the way you want to go. But it almost happened to tourist Lu Chen this week when he waded too close to a geese nest while cooling off in a river in Gaowen Village in the Guizhou province in China.

Can you get killed by a goose?

"In fact, the only two instances of human fatalities attributed to waterfowl in the United States were caused by mute swans," the ODNR report states. In other words, geese won't kill you.

Why geese are the worst?

Geese are simply very protective parents and don't want anyone messing with their babies. It doesn't help that as they build their nests closer to homes and buildings, they lose their fear of people, especially if people feed them. ... "Of course geese will be more aggressive when they tend their young or a nest.

Chloe Bennett

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