Water birds rival Formosan rock macaques as fiercest campus residents
Water birds rival Formosan rock macaques as fiercest campus residents
2025-09-02
National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung is well known for being the home of Formosan rock macaques. But it seems like there’s another animal king in the country. Enter National Chung Hsing University’s water birds. Recently, a video showing a black swan grabbing a graduating student’s diploma from the Taichung university went viral online. On orientation day, incoming students were also delighted by sightings of the creatures, though they could be aggressive. It’s because they’re highly territorial, but they won’t budge if you leave them alone.
The black swan stretches its neck toward the man and keeps pecking him. It seems to not want to leave him alone.
It seems like the swans don’t just target humans, but also their possessions.
The swans at National Chung Hsing University recently went viral online after they went after someone’s diploma. Some say they could even rival National Sun Yat-sen University’s infamous Formosan rock macaques.
First-year student
National Chung Hsing University
Their macaques are quite well-known. We at Chung Hsing have water birds too. They’re quite distracting. We’re supposed to check in at the library because it’s field day, but we can’t help but stop and take pictures of them.
There’s even a section in the orientation camp counselor’s booklet with suggestions of how to respond if a water bird won’t leave a student alone, as well as what to do if a student starts chasing or handling a water bird.
The sections concerning the water birds in the booklet also attracted many netizens.
Councilor
Orientation camp
It’s only an inside joke, but it’s also there so we remember to remind freshmen that the water birds can turn a little aggressive if it believes you’ve intruded their territory. But in general they’re quite docile.
First-year student
National Chung Hsing University
I find it pretty amusing to see them pop up over there. We see them on field day, it’s really delightful.
According to alumni, there are about 40 to 50 of these creatures on campus, and every student will experience being chased by them sooner or later. Meanwhile, a university official also reminded students not to intrude upon their territories.
Tu Hung-ming
NCHU Office of Student Affairs
If a water bird starts to chase after you, you must leave as quickly as you can, because it could get defensive and even prepare to strike once you’ve crossed a line. We humans should just leave the soonest possible.
Students are off to a good start just by leaving the water birds alone, delightful as they might be.
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牠很兇! 中興大學新生訓練手冊 "防鵝攻略"應對指南
2025-09-02
這個新生訓練，超獨特!位在台中的中興大學，因為鵝群會搶人的畢業證書，成為焦點，最近在為期三天的新生訓練，隊輔手冊中，竟然出現"鵝追人"
"新生抓鵝"的應對指南，也讓大批網友，笑到不行!
黑天鵝，伸長脖子，狂戳猛戳，人走到哪，牠就跟到哪。
只啄人還不夠，接著天鵝，轉移目標。
中興大學的鵝，因為會搶畢業證書，成為新焦點，近期網路上流傳了一句話，"南有中山猴，中有中興鵝" !
[[興大大一新生]]
“中山(大學)有猴子滿有名的嘛，中興鵝也滿有代表性的，但就覺得天鵝滿吸引新生的，像我們在跑關，要走去圖書館，遇到(鵝)就會有人就想拍照。”
興大新生訓練中，隊輔手冊，將"鵝追人"，還有"新生抓鵝"，納入應對規範!
新鮮人，還沒有學專業科目，先來個擒鵝攻略，瞬間掀起討論。
[[隊輔]]
“這有點像是小小的開玩笑，也是在手冊上跟新生做提醒，順便告訴他們鵝可能具有有一點點攻擊性，如果侵犯到牠的地域的話，那其實一般來說鵝都很溫和的。”
[[興大大一新生]]
“會覺得滿有趣的，因為牠會出現在這個角落，我們跑關的時候剛好看到，是滿有趣的
也有校友表示，被鵝追，是一門必修課，整個校區，大約有40到50隻鵝，校方強調，鵝有地域性，不要侵犯他們領域。
[[中興大學課外活動組長 凃宏明]]
“如果有鵝要追的話，盡量就是趕快離開那個空間啦，因為牠有牠防範的，攻擊的範圍，有戒備的一個範圍，我們人就是盡量離開。”
別主動挑釁、試圖抓鵝，保持安全距離，中興大學的大一生，有個獨家的大學生活新開始。
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