Goose flying upside down is simply showing off, say experts
Story Date: 8/20/2021

 

Source: Arian Movileanu, ABC ST. LOUIS, 7/30/21

 A dark gray-brown Bean goose flying upside down was snapped by an amateur photographer near the Dutch town of Arnhem. The maneuver, called whiffling, is when geese roll their body upside down and twist their neck and head 180 degrees around to its normal position. This aerial acrobatic resembles a falling leaf and may be used to avoid avian predators or a long, slow descent over an area where hunters for sport or food are present.

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