Waddleloo: AI Map Saves Students from Goose Attacks

0:00University campuses in Waterloo, Ontario, deal with flocks of Canada geese every spring. Turning simple walks to class into dodging missions. These birds, nests from March to May, get super protective and chase folks around. But a first-year student named Anirut Davas just dropped a game-changer an AI-powered map called Waterloo to help everyone steer clear. It launched at the end of March and covers University of Waterloo and Wilford Laurier University spots. Users snap photos of geese sightings, upload them, and the AI plots them on the map with color-coded risk levels. Need a safe path? It spits out a custom route to skip the feather drama. Students have wild stories about these geese-aggressive ones blocking neighborhoods last year, forcing backdoor exits or waddling into Starbucks, like they own the place. One guy even got chased across campus this week, saying he's never seen so many in cities like Winnipeg or Toronto. Geese are protected by law, so no messing with nests, which makes avoidance key.

1:04Now, hundreds check the map daily during nesting season, changing how people move around. Davas built it because the goose chase is funny until you're the target sprinting to lecture. Word is, expansions coming to more Ontario campuses and maybe nationwide, so no more surprise goose attacks, just smooth fails through spring. That's the story for today. Vancouver News today, driven by AI. I'm Cory with the story.