Diseases, aggression, and bird strike, oh my!

Sources:

• https://www.ncwildlife.gov/species/canada-goose
• https://www.audubon.org/magazine/10-fun-facts-about-canada-goose
• https://www.audubon.org/news/learn-tell-cackling-goose-canada-goose
• https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/birds/waterfowl/canada-geese/
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-minnesota-towns-love-hate-relationship-with-giant-geese
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/goose-attack-leaves-ottawa-cyclist-shaken-and-scarred-1.2686751
• https://aviancontrolinc.com/blog/federal-regulations-need-know-getting-rid-canadian-geese
• https://bird-x.com/blog/goose-attack/
• https://wildlifehelp.org/solution/district-columbia/canada-goose/how-deal-aggressive-geese/94
• https://www.popsci.com/diy/avoid-getting-attacked-by-a-goose/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/05/rochester-canada-geese-management/629916/
• https://www.goosemasters.com/blog-post/what-diseases-are-associated-with-geese
• https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16638-e-coli-infection
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/canada-goose'
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_strike
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_Air_Flight_2216
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/US-Airways-Flight-1549-incident
• https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/travel/miracle-on-the-hudson
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-china-is-using-guard-geese-to-uphold-its-zero-covid-policy

Katharine tells Lorien about those big, dangerous, goofy, majestic (?) river horse.

Sources:

• https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/ten-hippo-facts/
• https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hippo
• https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/hippopotamus
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7416829/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c869jj5dy4qo
• https://thewildsource.com/should-you-fear-hippos-on-safari-debunking-the-deadly-hippo-myth/
• https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/south-african-killed-by-pet-hippo/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/14/pet-hippo-humphrey-kills-owner
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/19/niger-hippo-attack-deaths
• https://www.britannica.com/animal/hippopotamus-mammal-species/Pygmy-hippopotamus
• https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hippo-attack-avoid-survive-paul-templer

Lorien learned a lot of rodent-related facts she doesn't like. She shares them with Katharine.

Sources:

Sources

• https://www.instagram.com/p/DYPeDuARj29/
• https://www.instagram.com/laurel__bristow/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthohantavirus
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• https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/hantavirus-pulmonary-syndrome/treatment
• https://www.nmhealth.org/publication/view/general/5072/
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• https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/media/pdfs/2025/01/HantavirusBrochure-508.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes_virus
• https://thepreamble.com/p/the-daily-brief-may-15-2026
• https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/andesvirus.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/health/hantavirus-outbreak-quarantine.html
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/cdc-no-us-hantavirus-cases-people-monitored.html

• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-where-is-it-what-to-know.html