Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Geese Make Better Guard Dogs

A prison in the Brazilian state of Santa Cantarina have replaced their guard dogs with a flock of geese (family Anatidae) that supposedly make really loud honks when they detect strange noises, like someone trying to escape. 
 
In this day and age, prison complexes feature state-of-the-art detection systems that make it very difficult for inmates to escape undetected. Still, regardless of technological advancements, it’s always a good idea to have a backup analog detection system as well, in case the sophisticated stuff fails. 
 
Human guardians and guard dogs are usually the norm, but some prisons use some unlikely alternatives. For example, a number of prisons in Brazil have replaced guard dogs with geese, which they say are not only just as effective, if not more so, but also cheaper to maintain. Apparently, geese have very good hearing and will make loud noises whenever they detect strange noises, thus alerting the human guards.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool beat Burnley 2-0 yesterday as they made heavy work of defeating a far inferior team.
 
Darwin Nunez's precision finish after six minutes gave Liverpool a flying start but the Reds were unable to kill off the hosts as the second goal would not come.
 
Again, a game of wasted chances. Mohamed Salah was denied by the crossbar and both Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott had goals disallowed as Burnley hung on until Diogo Jota's 90th-minute effort sealed the points.
 
Liverpool's first win in three league games moved them above Arsenal as they reached the halfway point of the season on 42 points.

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