Template:Did you know nominations/Emperor goose


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:20, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Emperor goose

 * ... that the emperor goose's head (pictured) frequently turns from white to reddish-brown in summer, due to its feeding in tidal pools with iron oxide? Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=fnkZBQAAQBAJ&q=emperor+goose#v=snippet&q=emperor%20goose&f=false "during summer, the white head is often stained a reddish brown from feeding in tidal pools where concentrations of iron oxide occur"
 * ALT1:... that goslings of the emperor goose (pictured) are able to walk and swim hours after birth hatching? Source: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/emperor-goose "Goslings can walk and swim within hours after hatching"
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1999 Matamoros standoff
 * Comment: If we go with ALT1, we might should change the caption a bit to not emphasize and detail the stained head so much.

5x expanded by SkyGazer 512 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:16, 17 January 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is a fivefold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The image appears to be in the public domain and the hook facts are cited inline. I prefer the original hook as geese chicks are generally precocious, and I have changed "birth" to "hatching". The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:35, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, ! I never knew that about the geese chicks usually being precocious, that's helpful; in that case, yeah, I would prefer the original hook as well. I've changed "birth' to "hatching" in the article as well because I do think it's clearer and slightly more accurate.-- SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 14:25, 18 January 2019 (UTC)