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.

The behavior of the Hawaiian goose in the group

Hawaii is probably one of the most popular vacation spots that everyone should have seen it once in his life. The island chain is located in the Pacific Ocean and is the 50th State of the United States of America. On a land area of 16,625 km ² and about 1,360,301. The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, is certainly one of the most famous Hawaiians. But of course it's not just people on the islands. Hawaii has to offer also an insane flora and fauna. One of the domestic animal is the Hawaiian goose.

The Hawaiian goose feels fit as a fiddle on the island chain. She is also known as Nene and belongs to the true geese. Thus it belongs to the family of ducks. This goose has come only through the influence of the Europeans to Hawaii. Has over the years, the goose entirely on the climate which prevails there, adapted. By adapting it propagates very well and thus there was a boom. There were countless geese and they were a nuisance. Then decided the population was smaller. So much so, that the Hawaiian goose was close to extinction. But the Hawaiians have once again got the curve and the number of the Hawaiian goose, rose to a normal population. The goose is characterized by its completely brown plumage. The head is black in a velvety.

The females are smaller and more slender than the males. Already at a young age is similar to the plumage of the elderly. Only at the neck, a gray coloration is to be distinguished. Normal sage are the webbed feet of geese very pronounced. But as the Hawaiian goose on a hard surface, namely lava cooled off, lives, the webbing between the toes are strong strak regressed. During the moult can not fly the Hawaiian goose. This is obviously dangerous. Within 5 weeks, the geese must be on guard against their predators. If they succeed, they can be up to 30 years old. The Hawaiian goose is not a meat eater. She eats vegetarian. They take only vegetarian food, such as grasses and seeds. You do not need additional water. When a male and a female Hawaiian goose have been found, then the two remain on lifetime a couple. From November to February is the breeding season.

They build their nests on the ground and then populate it with their feathers. In general, a female lays four to seven eggs. Then begins the brooding. This takes about a month. Already after two to three months the young are able to leave the nest.