Ferror over at The SimOuthouse posted his photos of the Leeuwarden open day. Amongst the interesting items, this one amazed me:
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/ ... _geese.jpg
Initial thought was photoshopped.
But more photos and news
http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/photopost/sho ... photo=8630
http://www.bloggage.me.uk/pixelpost/photo/684
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ttany.html
Maybe I've missed any previous posts about this, but it left me amazed.
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I wouldn't stare upwards at them for too long - you might get more than you bargained for !
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Saw this done at Duxford some years ago. Very good I have to say ;-)
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Well worth a gander 
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Amazing.
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The BBC used this technique in some of their nature documentary series, such as Life On Earth and Life of Birds. It's how they get the in-flight close-up footage. Apparently birds imprint on the first thing they see when they hatch and assume that it's their mother. So if you have a load of goose eggs and you make sure that you're the only thing that's around when they hatch, then they'll follow you everywhere.
If you haven't got a microlight or are not a wildlife filmmaker then you should consider this to be a warning
My favourite goose story was of some scientists who were observing wild geese and noticed that a young one had a very bad limp. They trapped it to see if they could discover the problem and were amazed to find that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. When they released it, it went back to it's mother and that's when they noticed that it's mother had a disfigured leg and walked with a limp. The gosling had hatched and imprinted on it's mother and copied her in everything she did.
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If you haven't got a microlight or are not a wildlife filmmaker then you should consider this to be a warning
My favourite goose story was of some scientists who were observing wild geese and noticed that a young one had a very bad limp. They trapped it to see if they could discover the problem and were amazed to find that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. When they released it, it went back to it's mother and that's when they noticed that it's mother had a disfigured leg and walked with a limp. The gosling had hatched and imprinted on it's mother and copied her in everything she did.
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Bless its little heart.speedbird591 wrote: My favourite goose story was of some scientists who were observing wild geese and noticed that a young one had a very bad limp. They trapped it to see if they could discover the problem and were amazed to find that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. When they released it, it went back to it's mother and that's when they noticed that it's mother had a disfigured leg and walked with a limp. The gosling had hatched and imprinted on it's mother and copied her in everything she did.
Ian
Great story, Ian. Thanks for sharing it. 
Brian