The lives of Geese

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland today for thousands of farmers worry about lead that flock of geese can be a carefree life - day after day, year after year.

Goose species and their diversity

Species of geese, to which also the sub-group of swans is counted, stand out by some special features of their relationship from the ducks. For geese, there are no real differences in color of plumage between the sexes. The exact appearance of some species of geese, which include the domestic goose as well as the brown-gray goose, should be well known to everyone. Their diet consists entirely of grasses, herbs and other botanicals. They take these green delnd from the water or grazing land. Species of geese are kept much longer in the dry as ducks and swans. This results in you also, when compared to the latter, their longer legs and shorter neck. geese animals are very social animals. On their travels they band together in large flight formations. It does not matter which particular species belongs to a goose. Many of them also create a breeding social behavior on the day. A geese family holds together firmly until the maturing young geese have found their own partner, which they remain faithful for life.

One of the best known species of geese, the greylag goose. It is native mainly in swamps and moist lowlands, and now its spread increases steadily in European climes again. In ancient Egypt already had them, as animal sacrifices and a tasty roast on the banquet tables of the Pharaohs, highly sought after. Then they were already kept as pets. The breeding season of some species of geese takes about four weeks. They carefully place their nests on small islands or hills, these soft and cushion with feather. Foxes and other predatory mammals can they get nu difficult to get to their breeding sites. Hatch from the eggs, usually four to eight small goslings, goslings in technical language or Gänsel called. The young are patterned brown to yellowish. The gander usually lasts so persistently and devotedly at the nest station, that he even neglected his own food intake and markedly emaciated at this time. The goslings are about two months after fledging. From the north, three very well-known species of geese. The dark gray colored bean goose is native to the vastness of the Russian taiga. There they breed in the dense coniferous forests. The natural habitat of the tundra Bleßgans are areas in the north of Siberia and North America. It is easy to be confused with the Grey Goose, but is much smaller than this and has a white plumage on the forehead. The graceful geese, which are only about 60 inches tall, come from Scandinavia and the tundra of northern Asia.