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.

What is different from other swans whooper swans?

The swan is a very special animal. Swans are in fairy tales and often for the good and pure. Early on, children's enthusiasm for swans. They would often prefer to fondle them. But this can be very dangerous, because swans effortlessly break with its hard beak a human arm.

The Swan is thus an animal, admire the people because of its beauty and fear it at the same time. The whooper swan is, as the name suggests, also to the family of swans. Striking is the straight, slightly curved neck. This clearly distinguishes it from other types of externally. Whooper swans are up to 150 cm tall. This may be the wing length 59-61 cm. Overall, therefore, have a wingspan of 2 meters is possible. Whooper swans weigh between 7 to 12. It is noticeable that the male is much larger than the female. Whooper swans keep from March to October mostly in Siberia. In March, they come to their breeding grounds and begin after mating to the rearing of young. To this end, the female builds a nest on the ground. The male is responsible for procuring the required material.

These nests are sometimes used just once, usually nest every year, the newly built. The female lays, after mating, about 5 to 6 eggs and then brühtet this in 35 days. After her birth, the cubs will learn how to fly. In general, they are able to fly after 3 months. In winter they stay in the family. The winter home of the whooper swan is located in parts of Germany, Denmark and other countries. After the age of four whooper swans leave their family because they have become sexually mature. Whooper swans in the wild reach the age of eight. In captivity, they live much longer. The whooper swan is singing in a position relative to other swans. The distribution area covers a large part of Russia. whooper swans in the winter, like Japan or China. They can also discover in Germany, Poland, Great Britain, Italy, Croatia, France and Switzerland. In Iceland, whooper swans even live year-round. Whooper swans prefer areas with lakes or slow flowing waters.

You need the rich vegetation. They are found both in fresh, salt and brackish waters. The areas of water are needed to feed. The aquatic plants are the staple food. Whooper swans but also eat small animals, grasses and roots. To this end they are looking specifically for canola crops.