Dogs have always been considered man's best partners!
However, a flock of geese in Brazil were not convinced, defeating and replacing the canines as the prison's most popular "goose guards".
A flock of geese, led by Piu-Piu, patrol a prison in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, in a green clearing between the inner and outer walls of the prison.
This clearing is also equipped with a small pool, where the geese can take a rest when they are tired from patrolling.
The warden of this prison highly praised this special patrol, saying that it was not that the dog patrol was bad, but that the goose guards were more cost-effective.
The prison is also equipped with state-of-the-art modern surveillance equipment, and the goose guards are auxiliary surveillance.
The staff said that the goose is very vigilant and has a strong sense of territory. If a stranger enters their territory, these geese make a very loud call!
Piu-Piu, the lead goose, is very dedicated, and when a staff member calls it by name, it responds with a distinctive horn sound.
The prison is a quiet place, and it is frighteningly quiet at night, so it is very suitable to raise geese here.
If someone really wants to escape from prison and is discovered by the goose, the loud cry will immediately attract the prison guards, and it is impossible for the prisoner to escape.
And geese are also calmer than dogs, and dogs will bark when they are bored, but geese will not.
The most important thing is that it is cheaper to have a goose than a dog.
In view of all these advantages, the goose gradually replaced the guard dogs as the guards of the prison.
There have always been goose guards
This time the Brazilian prison hired a goose, which is not an innovation, goose guards have always existed.
Its vigilance saved the Romans from being "stolen".
In 390 BC, during a clash at the Battle of Aria, Gaul wanted to win by attacking the Romans.
Unexpectedly, during the sneak attack, a group of geese was accidentally alarmed, this group of geese was used for sacrifice, they felt that it was not right, so they made a "quack" sound, which woke up the Roman soldiers, and then repelled the invaders and kept their city.
So after the battle, they gave the goose a sacred status.
It has successfully secured £300 million worth of Scotch whisky.
From 1959 to 2012, Ballantine's Whiskey Storage Center reportedly hired geese to guard it.
Initially there were only 6 of them, and at their peak there were as many as 100, and they not only repelled the thieves who stole the wine, but also provided the warehouse with an abundant number of eggs.
In a career spanning more than 60 years, Big Goose has defended valuable whisky.
It is not the first of its kind to work as a guard in Brazil.
In fact, as early as 2011, Brazil's Sobral Prison began to recruit geese to patrol, and only 2 geese were invited at that time.
Their work was also very successful, and the two geese reportedly "patrolled" the prison, but if there was anything unusual, they would make a sound to warn the prison guards, which was very effective.
More than ten years have passed, and Brazil is still using goose guards, which shows that the goose guards are really doing an excellent job.
China's border goose
Because geese are so good at guarding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a guidance document that the most suitable breeds for guarding are African geese, Roman geese, Pomeranian geese, and of course, Chinese geese.
Among the best are the Chinese goose and the African goose, which are not only large in size but also loud in voice.
During the epidemic, the goose played a very important role in border patrols.
According to reports, at the junction of Guangxi and Vietnam, the patrol officers led the dog in their left hand and two geese in their right hand to patrol together.
Due to the very good effect of epidemic prevention and control in our country, many foreigners wanted to cross the border to China, and the patrol team arranged 500 geese and 400 dogs to patrol together.
With the help of the goose guards, the patrol officers have successfully caught a number of illegal intruders, and in the words of the patrol members: "The goose guards are very effective, and the credit is indispensable!"
How strong is the fighting power of the goose?
Many people's understanding of the goose only stays on the swan, it is "elegant and beautiful", how can it be paired with "not easy to mess with"?
It can only be said that people who think like this don't know anything about the combat effectiveness and sociality of the goose, and I think that back then, I was bullied by the goose to doubt my life!
I sat on the threshold to eat, it pecked at my rice, and I was angry and cried when the rice bowl fell to the ground; I went to play with my little friend next door, and was chased by the goose with its wings outstretched, and even the big dog with me was bullied; I tried to resist, but the goose became more and more fierce, and pecked me hard.
After that, when I saw the goose, I hid away.
The most important characteristics of geese are: excellent eyesight, curiosity and high vigilance.
In the wild, geese are social animals, and a family is generally guarded by a male goose, who has their own territory. As a result, when an unfamiliar creature enters the territory, it becomes aggressive, and it is most aggressive during the breeding season.
Spreading its wings and shouting loudly is actually a goose warning each other: Please leave my territory.
The goose is not enough to be an excellent guard, it also has one more characteristic: it is not afraid of any threat.
Generally speaking, when encountering animals that are much larger than oneself, the instinct is to run away.
But the goose is not like this, it has always maintained a posture of "not convinced" and does not accept any threats.
These can be seen from the cases of wild geese harming humans abroad.
A man who was chased by a goose and turned over on his back
"Mom, come and save me!"
At last
In foreign countries, wild geese are almost always protected, and harming them means facing hefty fines and, in serious cases, imprisonment.
In such an environment, the number of geese is also increasing, especially in the city.
They roam everywhere, occupy parks and river banks, and are covered with feces that no one dares to harm it, but it always attacks humans frequently during the breeding season.
In order to avoid conflicts between people and geese, many venue managers will find ways to drive away the geese in the venue, so a new type of profession has been derived - goose chasers, which are said to be very expensive.
In short, if you use it well, it is a sharp weapon, and if you don't use it well, it is a disaster, and this sentence is vividly reflected in the goose!
I believe that there will be more places that will hire geese in the future, but there is one thing I can't figure out: "The goose is a rectum, and it is pulled while eating, how does the prison deal with its poop?"