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sidfrogsby

okay king of eye contact

#mat barzal

frontmansdefender

RIP to the legend

silvermoon424

This goose fucking rocks and had a crazy life!

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.

Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.

Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.

When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.

Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.

Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.

As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.

His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."

Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper. He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.

Before and after his death, Thomas has been celebrated as an icon of the LGBTQ+ community for obvious reasons.

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[ID: the headline of an article by Lyndsay Rush dated may 29, 2024 reads "blind bisexual goose named Thomas who spent six years in a love triangle with two swans and helped raise 68 babies dies at the ripe old age of 40". the subheading reads "he's a bit much". the picture below shows a white goose followed by a black-feathered swan and five cygnets in a line, walking a paved pathway surrounded by grass, away from a water body. end ID.]

cynids

the fredding (freddie wedding) and brady slay <3 (ft. marty in the back)

#freddie andersen #brady skjei #jordan martinook

puckeater

its like. indecent. is th e thing.

#sidney crosby #kris letang #sidkris

amrv-5

Does anyone know what to do about the temperature and also the prices

nightonblogmountain

ahoneybeing

the outfit?!?!!🙂‍↕️

#mat barzal #mathew barzal #new york islanders

kii-tty

godisafujoshi

Anthony Bourdain

jaesawalth

#anders lee #utah mammoth

georgemackayed

Utah, take care of him please

pinkbowsandstripedsocks

edwardspoonhands

Honestly, Tvyek is pretty miraculous. It’s permeable to water vapor but not to water, it’s nearly impossible to tear, but can be easily cut. It’s cheap and made entirely without binding chemicals. In addition to being used for wristbands, it’s used to wrap construction sites to keep out water during construction, for tear-resistant envelopes at Fed-Ex, coveralls for mechanics, and my wallet, actually.

Fun tip, though it looks like paper, Tyvek is plastic, and cannot be recycled with paper.