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The Living Forest (342) : Domestic Goose

The Living Forest (342) : Domestic Goose

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Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

The Living Forest (342) : Domestic Goose

The Domestic Goose is derived from the wild Greylag Goose (see picture below) and this domestication (for meat, eggs and down feathers) is of very ancient date (archaeological evidence in Egypt from more than 4000 years ago !)

One individual weighs about 10 kg. This is much more compared to the average 4 kg. for the Greylag Goose.

Nowadays this animal also lives frequently in the great outdoors, such as parks and forest ponds (that’s why I placed this picture in my series of ‘The Living Forest’)

Dutch name : Huisgans
German name : Hausgänse
Latin name : Anser anser domesticus

Greylag Geese
Greylag Geese
Mark Billiau.

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