I’m entering this in an art contest. Gonna add color, just thought it would be funny to post. :)
Backstory:
So in our Latin text books, there’s this one story called ‘Manlius, The Gauls and the Geese’ but somehow every year someone translates ‘The Geese honked and woke Manlius up so he could beat up the Gauls’ to ‘Geese with Swords.’ So I’m entering this into the art contest. :)
look at this tiny tiny ancient depiction of a goose sheltering babies beneath her wings. 🥺
it's not very detailed but look at the postures of the animals. And the way the goslings are not very young but recognisable as gangly and halfway grown.
Greek, Late Archaic Period, about first half of 5th century B.C.
Most People: Ducks are so silly! Quack quack!
Me: Anseriformes are one of the few groups of animals we know were probably present before and after the end-Cretaceous, meaning ducks are Survivors of Extraterrestrial Nuclear Winters, and we should all fear their power.
Quack Quack.
Please remember not to feed geese and ducks bread. It not only doesn't have nutritional value for them, but it has too much protein and carbs. This can give them a condition called angel wing. This condition causes their wings to become deformed.