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  2. Canada goose - Wikipedia

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    The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe.

  3. Lists of unusual deaths - Wikipedia

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    These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]

  4. Branta - Wikipedia

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    The genus Branta was introduced by the Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1769. [1] The name is a Latinised form of Old Norse Brandgás meaning burnt as in "burnt (black) goose". [2]

  5. Death certificate - Wikipedia

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    Eddie August Schneider's (1911–1940) death certificate, issued in New York.. A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths.

  6. Giant Canada goose - Wikipedia

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    The giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) is the largest subspecies of Canada goose, on average weighing in at 5 kg (11 pounds). It is found in central North America. These geese were at one point considered extinct, but were later rediscovered. The giant Canada goose was once kept and bred in captivity for use as hunting decoys and for ...

  7. Moffitt's Canada goose - Wikipedia

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    The Moffitt's Canada goose (Branta canadensis moffitti), also known as the Western Canada goose or Great Basin Canada Goose is a subspecies of the Canada goose.Native to the western interior of North America surrounding the Rocky Mountains, its range has expanded due to introductions to various regions of western North America.

  8. Atlantic Canada goose - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic Canada goose is characterized as having a medium grey chest and warm brown wings and flanks. [1] It ranges in length from 90 to 100 cm (3 to 3.2 ft) and has a wingspan of 160 to 185 cm (5.2 to 6.1 ft).

  9. Vancouver Canada goose - Wikipedia

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    The native range of the Vancouver Canada goose is southern Alaska from Glacier Bay down to western British Columbia, where 90% of this subspecies remains year-round. . Despite its name, this subspecies does not regularly occur in the city of Vancouver or the Lower Mainland, where it is replaced by the introduced resident Moffitt's Canada Geese (B. c. mo