Kat hand-reared the gosling on crumbs and now 17-month-old Duffy won't leave her side. |
Mr. gosling mentioned a balloon that had escaped from Paris in July. |
Lorenz found that a young duckling or gosling learns to follow the first conspicuous, moving object it sees within the first few days after hatching. |
At times, gosling appears to have weightier concerns in mind. |
The quarantine has been in place since June 16 after preliminary tests of one gosling found evidence of an H5 virus. |
However, spring conditions in 2002 were harsh and there was limited gosling production last summer. |