Gosling's bearing lent him an imposing presence on the football field.
Credence to the idea was provided by the tuft of brown cirri that protruded from the capitulum of the crustaceans which resembled the down of an unhatched gosling.
From the quantity of fat noted, grooslings may be related to geese (gosling is a young goose) but may also be related to grouse.
The refuge produces about 9,000 ducklings and 150 to 200 goslings each year.
Geese have a tendency to attack humans when they feel themselves or their goslings to be threatened.
The husband rises next and his day starts badly when five out of seven goslings are taken by a hawk.
Instead of bringing food to the newly hatched goslings, the goslings are brought to the ground.
Parents are often seen leading their goslings in a line, usually with one adult at the front, and the other at the back.
