A cute nerdy gosling hears its family having fun while its stuck trying to hop a curb (video)

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: A cute nerdy gosling hears its family having fun while its stuck trying to hop a curb (video) | Boing Boing

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[knoxblox]

From personal experience, it sucks to be the runt. You go, little guy.

[Brainspore]

an adorable gosling can’t keep up with its family and gets left behind

Not to be confused with the adorable but socially awkward Gosling in Lars and the Real Girl.

[Mangochin]

Goose babies are so cute. I have 3 families of them by me. I’ve been watching their growth.

[Professor59]

“Nerdy”, “awkward”, “less athletic”? You are certainly projecting a number of inadequacies onto a bird that is just a bit smaller than the others.

[anon36155390]

I’m wondering if the “cute” makes up for the “nerdy?”

[Sludge]

nerdy gosling

Band name!

[gracchus]

You can hear the parents calling for the missing little guy and see them waiting when the cutie finally makes it over the wall. Good parenting.

[fuzzyfungus]

It takes them a while to absorb or synthesize enough spite and menace to enter their final form.

[Mangochin]

So very true. But they learn early as parents try to drive curious humans away if they get too close.

[newbrain]

A cute nerdy gosling hears its family having fun while its stuck trying to hop a curb (video)

Finally, a refreshing missing apostrophe instead of the garden variety extra one (normally there to warn the reader of the danger of an incoming s).

OK. I promise. No more title spelling posts today.

BTW, video not visible from here (Sweden).

[mdavis]

For completeness, they are Canada geese. And those cute little goslings will all grow up to be complete bastards.