WYMENGA E (1999) Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus drowns chicks of Shelduck Tadorna tadorna. LIMOSA 72 (3): 106-107.
In July 1995 at Lake Yssel, off the Frisian coast, an
Egyptian goose was observed drowning four chicks of a
nearby pair of Shelduck. Despite heavy calls of the Shelducks
the chicks were grasped and successively drowned.
Though aggressive behaviour of Egyptian geese is
well known, violent behaviour as in this case is hardly
ever heard of. In Dutch literature one similar case was
found, describing a pair of Egyptian geese in captivity,
which drowned several birds among which were eight
adult Mallards and two Upland Geese.
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