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You know those videos that show people who take a self portrait every day for years and then compile all the photos into a two-minute-long clip? We like those because it's fun to watch time pass and people change quickly, but it's a touch narcissistic. People, let's turn our cameras back around and start documenting the world outside ourselves a little bit more. That's what this amateur documentarian did when he noticed a family of geese and goslings on his way to work one day, and started filming their growth into maturity over the course of one spring. This thoroughly charming video is the result of his efforts. ...

When you think about the sport of surfing in America, overwhelmingly you tend to think of sunny Southern California. Maybe you also think of surfing off the coast of Florida. You probably don't think at all about surfing in the Colorado River at Glenwood Whitewater Park in Glenwood Spring, Colo. But apparently nobody told these geese that. They seem to have no trouble hanging 10--or really six. Actually none, since geese technically don't have toes. Or surfboards. ...

texasgirly1979, YouTube We love all pets at Paw Nation, not just cats and dogs. Still, some of you are a little restless. "More birds!" the avian fans cry. And we've heard you. That's why today we're featuring all bird videos, just for you (and for anyone else to). Explaining what makes something cute can be like trying to explain colors to someone who was born blind. But we know what's cute when we see it. Small things are often cute. Fluffy things are usually cute. And things that are sleeping/falling asleep, for whatever reason, ring our cuteness bells. Here's an gosling that ticks all those boxes. Look at those flapping little legs dangling. Look at that fuzzy little face dozing. ...

Even geese jaywalk. Photo: Fujin/Flickr Good samaritans just can't seem to catch a break. First, an Ohio woman who took what she thought was an orphaned fawn across state lines was threatened with criminal charges, and now a Virginia man has been ticketed for jaywalking after helping a gaggle of geese cross a busy highway. Jozsef Vamosi appeared in Fairfax County court on Monday to fight his ticket, contesting that he did the right thing and should not be punished for it. "I don't feel guilty," Vamosi told the Washington Post. "My instinct is you try to do something good. We are only humans. I can sleep." According to Vamosi, he was on the northbound lane of the parkway on June 18 when ...