Okay, I know this is a really random question, but I was just wondering, do geese, or any other birds have testicles?
2007-01-11 12:19:34 · 11 answers · asked by spurk_a_million 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Yes.
Male geese, like all birds, have a pair of testicles that are within the abdominal cavity and cannot be seen externally.
Incidentally, although most birds lack a penis, geese and other birds belonging to order Anseriformes (including ducks, swans, and relatives) do have a copulatory organ (which is also not normally visible).
Also, not all mammals have extra-abdominal testicles in a scrotum. Many have intra-abdominal testicles (e.g. seals, whales), and in many others they only descend into the scrotum during the breeding season (e.g. many rodents).
2007-01-11 12:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by Calimecita 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Geese is plural of goose, which is a female gander. Ganders have testes, but they don't dangle outside the body like testicles owing to the relatively low body temp of winged creatures. The reason testicles dangle outside the bodies of most mammals is because they need to be kept cooler than body temperature for the sperm cells to thrive.
2007-01-11 20:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having made ready geese for the table, i can tell you that they are there with the giblets. Long white things up around the back bone. Next question is: do ducks have sex? Not a stupid question as i could not convince grown men that ducks actually do it. they were determened that the neck pecking thing did the trick. being a farm boy i had seen it many times. More than you really wanted to know?
2007-01-11 20:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by La-z Ike 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes geese and roosters are examples of birds that have testicles but they are internal not external and they produce sperm and male hormones when the bird is sexually active, and yes these types of birds species gallus have a penis vas deferens
2007-01-11 20:30:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
male geese (ganders) do, but in the non breeding season they shrink down to nothing (why fly around with dead weight?)
2007-01-11 22:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by mornington observer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the male ones
2007-01-11 20:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by Emily B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Step one > grab the bird
Step Two > spread legs and have a look
2007-01-11 20:27:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes but thet are inside the body not out side
2007-01-12 16:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes....They're internal, so you needn't go lookin for em..
2007-01-11 20:23:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly,,, this question is a load of Boll*cks..
2007-01-11 20:33:33 · answer #10 · answered by pop c 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋