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    The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black...
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    Goose barnacles, also called percebes or turtle-claw barnacles or stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached...
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    emerge fully formed from goose barnacles. Both goose barnacles and the Chilean giant barnacle are fished and eaten. Barnacles are economically significant...
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    barnacle goose myth is a widely-reported historical misconception about the breeding habits of the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and brant goose (Branta...
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    Pollicipes pollicipes, known as the goose neck barnacle, goose barnacle or leaf barnacle is a species of goose barnacle, also well known under the taxonomic...
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    and some families made the translation to Barnacle, after the barnacle goose. From 1886 to 1889, Barnacle's parents sent her to live with her maternal...
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    distinguish this goose from all other geese except the larger Canada goose (Branta canadensis) and the similarly sized barnacle goose (B. leucopsis). There...
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    moisture of the earth. Barnacle geese were thought to have emerged from a crustacean, the goose barnacle (see the barnacle goose myth). Snakes could generate...
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    Danger Can Explain Changes in Timing of Migration: The Case of the Barnacle Goose". PLOS ONE. 5 (6): e11369. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...511369J. doi:10.1371/journal...
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    brandgás, "burnt (black) goose". The specific epithet bernicla is Medieval Latin for barnacle. The brant and the similar barnacle goose were previously considered...
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    the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, is a species of barnacle in the family Lepadidae. These barnacles are found, often in large...
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    where they are seen regularly among flocks of brant, barnacle goose, and greater white-fronted goose. There is also a feral population in Scotland from...
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    Bass and Matthew Flinders in 1798, who referred to it as a "Brent or Barnacle Goose". The taxonomic placement of this species is not yet fully resolved...
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    "chinstrap" distinguish the Canada goose from all other goose species except the cackling goose and barnacle goose (the latter, however, has a black breast...
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    The greylag goose sometimes hybridises with other species of goose, including the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and the Canada goose (Branta canadensis)...
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    Branta (redirect from Black goose)
    other geese, though some very large taxa are known, which rival the swan goose and the black-necked swan in size. The Eurasian species of black geese have...
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    species such as the wintering populations of Greenland white-fronted and barnacle goose, and is a popular destination throughout the year for birdwatchers....
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  • Captain Barnacles, a character from Octonauts The Barnacle Historic State Park, a Florida State Park Barnacle goose, a species of bird Barnacle Boy, a...
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    appearance and disappearance of some species, such as that barnacle geese grew from goose barnacles. Migration can take very different forms in different species...
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    ISBN 978-0-203-40850-6. "Barnacle Goose". The Medieval Bestiary. Retrieved 20 June 2016. Beatrice White (1945). "Whale-hunting, the barnacle goose, and the date...
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    sessile marine stalked barnacles. Capitulum mitella is the only species in the genus. It is commonly known as the Japanese goose barnacle or kamenote and is...
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    duck, Canada goose, common goldeneye, lesser black-backed gull and common sandpiper. White-tailed eagle, greylag goose, barnacle goose, black-throated...
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  • Canada goose, red-breasted goose × Canada goose, Canada goose × white-fronted goose and barnacle goose × Canada goose. Bird hybrid Haldane's rule Handbk Brit...
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    Whale barnacles are species of acorn barnacle that belong to the family Coronulidae. They typically attach to baleen whales, and sometimes settle on toothed...
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    warbler Arctic wolf Atlantic puffin Baird's sandpiper Baffin Island wolf Barnacle goose Barren ground shrew Barren-ground caribou Bearded seal Black guillemot...
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    population of the natterjack toad. Almost the entire Svalbard population of barnacle goose overwinters in the Solway Firth area, with many of the birds often at...
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    birds which breed in the park include great northern diver, barnacle goose, pink-footed goose, common eider, king eider, gyrfalcon, snowy owl, sanderling...
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    equivalent of the pig. The barnacle goose was believed to reproduce not by laying eggs like other birds, but by growing in barnacles, and was hence considered...
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  • Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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    summons the dawn; no watch-dog breaks the deep silence with his baying, or goose, more watchful than the dog. There is no sound of wild beast or of cattle...
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