Bird cruising upside down sends message

Amateur photographer Vincent Cornelissen posted an image of a goose gliding upside  on his Instagram page, and people can stop wondering.

He snapped the goose  in Arnhem, Netherlands, in March.

This led many users to question what the bird was doing and if it was okay.

Cornelissen reassured them the young dark gray-brown bean goose was fine and was just trying to impress its friends with new tricks it had learned.

The manoeuvre the bird was doing is known as whiffling and describes when birds rapidly descend and zig-zag.

It is thought to be a defence against predators.

Cornelissen wrote: ‘They do it to brag to their peers. Like, look at me!’

He added: ‘There was even a professor from Istanbul University who edited my photo with arrows to teach his students about aerodynamics.’

Geese seem like they’d do anything for their mates after one of the birds also tried to help a friend when they spotted them having surgery last month.

Arnold was about to be put under for surgery on his leg when Amelia turned up.

She then tried to break in to set him free, much to the staff’s amusement at Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Arnold needed the op after staff noticed him limping and falling over.

They were able to capture him and bring him in for an exam where they found he had two open fractures on his foot and scheduled him for surgery the next morning.

Luckily it all went fine and he was able to head back out for a meal with Amelia.

Culled from Metro UK