Close-up portrait of a preening white goose- probably a domestic Emden Goose by the Thames at Iffley Lock. What is for sure is that they are always al

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Close-up portrait of a preening white goose- probably a domestic Emden Goose by the Thames at Iffley Lock. What is for sure is that they are always alert, even when apparently asleep. That's why the ancient Romans kept them as watch-animals, the most famous example being the Capitaline geese.

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Photo credit: © Jon Bower / Alamy / Afripics
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