Thunder Goose

* **Scientific Name:***Branta brontis*
* **Description:**The Thunder Goose is an Awakened variant of the Canadian Goose (*Branta canadensis*). The black head and neck with a white "chinstrap" distinguish the Canada goose from all other goose species. The Thunder Goose is the largest variant of goose, at a length of 224 to 246 cm (88–96 in) and an average wingspan has been reported from 5.8 to 6.5 m (19 to 21.5 ft), with an upper limit of about 7 m (23 ft). Like all geese, rather than true teeth they are in possession of hard, spiky cartilage along their tongue and the inside of the beak known as tomium. It looks and functions the same way as a row of **teeth**, but it's a growth made from the beak itself. One distinguishing feature of tomium is that it doesn't have any enamel. The honk refers to the call of the male Canada goose, while the *hrink* call refers to the female goose. The calls are similar, however, the *hrink* is shorter and more high-pitched than the *honk* of males.
* **Habitat and Range:**This species is native to North America. It breeds in the Salish-Shidhe, Oceti Sakowin, Niswi-mishkodewinan, UCAS and Na-Dene Nan  in a wide range of habitats. The Great Lakes region maintains the largest population of Thunder Geese. They occur year-round in the southern part of their breeding range, including most of the eastern seaboard and the Pacific coast.
* **Diet:**Thunder Geese are primarily herbivores, although they will also eat insects, fish and small mammals.Their diet includes green vegetation and grains. The Thunder Goose eats a variety of grasses when on land. It feeds by grasping a blade of grass with the bill, then tearing it with a jerk of the head. The Thunder Goose also eats beans and grains such as wheat, rice, and corn when they are available. In the water, it feeds on fish and aquatic plants by sliding its bill at the bottom of the body of water. It also feeds on aquatic plant-like algae, such as seaweeds. Thunder Geese are also opportunistic carrion eaters.
* **Behavior:**Like most geese, the Thunder Goose is naturally migratory with the wintering range being most of North America. The calls overhead from groups of Thunder Geese flying in V-shaped formation signal the transitions into spring and autumn. In some areas, migration routes have changed due to changes in habitat and food sources. Although some of the population around the Great Lakes has become nonmigratory due to adequate winter food supply and a lack of natural predatorsMales exhibit agonistic behavior both on and off breeding and nesting grounds. This behavior rarely involves interspecific killing.
* **Awakening:**Researchers have classified three major magical properties in *Branta brantis*. One, due to the mass of the creature, it shouldn't be able to sustain maintained flight, but it is, which has been determined to be the result of a magical partial-levitation effect (which seems to reside in the feathers, which are prized as components and telesma). Two, the skin is reinforced with the equivalent of a magical Armor effect. And most famously, the third property is their Thunder Honk, a sonic attack that can, at full intensity, disrupt biological systems and due bone and tissue damage, as well as material damage.

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