• GooberEar@lemmy.wtf
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    23 hours ago

    American male: I’m confident up to, but excluding the large dog. Now I’m sure there’s a good chance I could win against a large dog, but it’s not a big enough chance to call it “confident” and that’s the first animal on the list where I can see things going very poorly for me if I don’t handle the situation just right.

    With the eagle, I’d probably get hurt (badly) and regret it, but what’s the chance I’d lose the fight? I mean, their bones are fragile and once a wing is broken, it’s game over for them.

    Geese? We have Canada geese, amongst other species. They have a well-deserved reputation for their disagreeable personalities (especially when protecting their offspring). They can make you hurt if they wanted to, but an otherwise healthy adult human male can easily win in a fight with them as long as the human doesn’t lose his nerve.

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      3 hours ago

      their bones are fragile and once a wing is broken, it’s game over for them.

      Your eyes are also very fragile and once they’re gone it’s over for you, and big birds are very well equipped for that.
      And geese can bite your nuts.
      I am not confident enough about both of those.
      Large dog will fuck up most of humans 9 times out of 10.

    • Phuntis@sopuli.xyz
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      22 hours ago

      we also have canada geese in the UK they’re very common here terrifying beasts can break an arm