>Two. Then I think there may be a one-in-seven chance they
>might be of opposite sex, form a pair and breed. In other
>words, Canada Geese are not hermaphrodites.
Neither are they parthenogenetic as far as I can tell!!
I'm in favour of getting rid of blow-ins like this one, and not waiting
for CG #2 to show up and start a family. Botanical weeds are still
streaming on to our shores, but I think large zoological weeds like this
one should be shot on sight to make the point about the danger to local
ecosystems of large, prolific, exotic organisms.
>Environment Australia (Nick Walton), this morning advised me
>that throughout Australia, there were 60 in exotic wildfowl
>collections at the end of 2001.
Any reported missing yet? This might not even be a blow-in; but proving
otherwise might be tricky unless those who keep them can guarantee there
are none missing.
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