Imagine that you are taking a walk in the park. You stop on the path to let a small flock of geese cross in front of you. All but one makes it across. The last one stops short of the crossing and starts seething at you. Before you can react, the goose is charging! Only one question runs through your mind: Can an unarmed human beat a rabid goose in a fight?
While birds like geese and ducks are not susceptible to rabies, here we will examine the hypothetical scenario of unarmed human vs. rabid goose, specifically, a goose that is bent on being the first waterfowl to directly kill an adult person! We’’ll be using the stats of the average person and those of a common Canada goose.
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Comparing an Unarmed Human and a Rabid Goose
What Are the Key Factors in a Fight Between an Unarmed Human and a Rabid Goose?
Determining whether an unarmed human would defeat a rabid goose in a fight requires examining several factors. In terms of this battle, only a few elements really matter. Size, offensive power, and predatory behaviors are some of the most important factors in this battle because any one of them could swing the momentum of the fight in favor of one of the contestants.
Of course, we want to provide a well-rounded overview of this battle, so we’ll explore other aspects of the battle as well. After we’ve explored each part and assigned advantages to the human or rabid goose, we’ll break down the fight in detail!
Unarmed Human vs Rabid Goose: Size
An unarmed human has a significant size advantage over a rabid goose. The average human stands between 5 feet 3 inches tall and 5 feet 9 inches tall, and they weigh from 130 pounds to 199 pounds. Humans can get much larger than these measures, though.
Meanwhile, the average rabid goose will weigh between 7 and 14 pounds, stands less than 2 feet tall, and has a wingspan that can measure between 4 and 6.1 feet.
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Humans would have the advantage in this aspect of the fight.
Unarmed Human vs Rabid Goose: Speed
Neither humans nor rabid geese have impressive speed on the ground. The average person walks at about 2 to 3 mph and runs at 6.5 to 8 mph. Canada geese only move at speeds of about 1 mph on the ground, but they can fly at 40 mph or higher when migrating.
Geese have the speed advantage in this fight if they attack from the air, but humans have the advantage on the ground where most of the fight would take place.
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Unarmed Human vs Rabid Goose: Defenses
Both humans and geese are rather fragile creatures in terms of physical defenses. Humans have several weak spots that they have bolstered through the use of tools and technology, and by passing knowledge down through generations. People can use their intelligence to find safety or make use of their visual and auditory senses to spot danger
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Geese can get away from trouble by flying, but their light bodies don’t help them much in a fight against a true predator.
Human would have the advantage here.
Unarmed Human vs Rabid Goose: Offensive Capabilities
Unarmed humans don’t have much going for them in terms of offensive power, but they’re not completely helpless. For example, a fit person can lift their bodyweight with their arms and exert even more force with their legs. Humans can grapple, punch, kick, and use their weight to attack and overcome other animals.
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Geese have very few offensive capabilities. They have short nails on their feet that they might employ to scratch a human. They could also swat a person with their wings. But their most effective offense would be using the serrated edges of their beak, called tomia, to bite or peck at the human.
All in all, unarmed humans would have the offensive advantage compared to a rabid goose.
Unarmed Human vs Rabid Goose: Predatory Behavior
Humans are some of the best predators on the planet due to their keen intelligence and ingenuity. They can ambush prey or wear it down before killing it. Without weapons or tools, though, humans would have to rely on an ambush to get the drop on their prey.
Even though geese don’t have any predatory instincts, geese will attack in self-defense. Moreover, a rabid goose, if one existed, would be more than willing to engage a person in a fight.
Humans have better predatory instincts, but they are hampered due to the absence of tools or weapons in this battle.
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Who Would Win in a Fight Between an Unarmed Human and a Rabid Goose?
An unarmed human would win a fight against a rabid goose. Simply put, the human is too large for the goose to overcome. Even if the goose were rabid, the human could still overcome the small but vicious creature in a fight.
It might not be a pretty sight, but the human would emerge victorious!
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