Canada Goose

News Watch: Geese Attempt to Save Their Eggs From a Baboon Thief

Egyptian geese are aggressively territorial, but weren't able to deter a baboon intent on eating their eggs.

Follow Video These Arctic geese chicks must jump hundreds of feet in order to survive Barnacle geese nest high in Arctic cliffs, to avoid predators like foxes. Watch as the birds survive an extreme plunge to begin their lives. Visit our planet's most extreme environments and get an up-close look at the animals that survive there. Watch Hostile Planet on National Geographic on Sunday, April 14 at 8.30pm AEST.

Follow Video Taking The Plunge Barnacle geese have a rocky start to life as they are forced to launch themselves off a cliff face to the ground where they will spend time with their parents learning to forage.

About Canada Goose

The ubiquitous Canada goose is one of the best known birds in North America. It is found in every contiguous U.S. state and Canadian province at one time of the year or another.

Canada goose populations represent a successful wildlife protection program that revived dwindling numbers in the beginning of the 20th century. The birds were guarded by law and even reintroduced in some areas where their numbers had become low. Today the geese are a popular game bird, and some management concerns centre on keeping populations in check because of their detrimental effect on crops

Fast Facts

Type: Bird

Diet: Herbivore

Average life span in the wild: 24 years

Size: Body, 30 to 43 in (76 to 110 cm); Wingspan, 4.2 to 5.6 ft (1.3 to 1.7 m)

Weight: 6.6 to 19.8 lbs (3 to 9 kg)

Group name: Flock

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