Goose
Goose (plural geese, family Anatidae) are birds. There are three species groups of geese: the genus Anser, the genus Branta, and the genus Chen.[1]
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This family also includes the swans, which are mostly larger than geese, and the ducks, which are smaller and have short necks.
Geese are famously gregarious: they like to stick together. They can be moved in large herds because of this feature of their behaviour. Both as chicks and as adults, geese show collective animal behaviour. Geese migrate in groups in the spring and fall, flying together in a V-shape.
A male goose is called a "gander" and a baby goose is called a "gosling". A group of geese is called a "gaggle".
Goose Media
A greylag goose (Anser anser), with a rail in the background.
Snow geese (Anser caerulescens) in Quebec, Canada
Chinese geese (Anser cygnoides domesticus), the domesticated form of the swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in Naantali, Finland
Three flying geese in the coat of arms of Polvijärvi
Canada Goose (Gosling), Burnaby Lake Regional Park (Piper Spit), Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada geese in flight, Great Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary
Goose breastbone, the colour of the bones after cooking was used to predict how cold winter would be in Lincolnshire folkloric traditions (North Lincolnshire Museum)
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References
- ↑ "WATERFOWL". Birds of the World: An Online Bird Book. CarolinaGeese.org. Retrieved July 12, 2022.