Barnacle Goose Facts: a GOOSE BARNACLE?! | Animal Fact Files

Why is this bird called the barnacle goose? Are they related to goose barnacles? And why the heck do they jump off cliffs when they're babies?? Learn more barnacle goose facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Branta leucopsis
Range: Europe and Greenland
Habitat: Cliff sides
Size: 24 inches (61cm) long; 54 inch (137cm) wingspan; 4.5 pounds (2 kg)
Diet: Plant matter
Threats: Polar bears, peregrine falcons, and arctic foxes
Life span: More than twenty years

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Image and Video Credits:
Christopher Eliot -    • Barnacle Goose in Brooklyn October 20...  
Vesa Leinonen -    • Happy hopping Barnacle goose juvenile  ;    • Branta leucopsis juvenile  
Pascal Vagner -    • Bernache nonnette. Elégance en noir e...  
James Petts - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1473098...
Andrew Cannizzaro - https://www.flickr.com/photos/acrypto...
Jo Garbutt - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jo_garb...
Åsa Berndtsson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9389262... https://www.flickr.com/photos/9389262...
Susanne Nilsson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomas...
Caleb Putnam - https://www.flickr.com/photos/2784618...
Peter von Bagh - https://www.flickr.com/photos/petervo...
Jaro Larnos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlarnos...
Bengt Nyman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bnsd/40...
Donald Hobern - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern... https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern... https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern...
Kev Chapman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/2555399...
Stefan Berndtsson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sbern/8... https://www.flickr.com/photos/sbern/1...
Fr. Latreille - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Natuur Digitaal (Marc Plomp); Stichting Natuurbeelden - https://openbeelden.nl/media/714047/B...

Research Credits:
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https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
https://www.livescience.com/63151-exh...
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/gu...
http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/07...
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https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/...
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildli...
http://www.npolar.no/en/species/barna...

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