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Animal verbs

Words describing actions by animals.

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Animal verbs

Flute

Zoology; Animal verbs

The most popular type of goose call, generally 8 to 10 inches long.

Gobbler shaker/ gobble tube

Zoology; Animal verbs

A caller activated by shaking that produces the gobble of the wild turkey. Used as a locator and occasionally as a call to challenge dominant gobblers. Can be unsafe in crowded woods.

Greeting call

Zoology; Animal verbs

Four or five excited quacks; usually used when a flock is approaching the decoys.

Greeting or hail call

Zoology; Animal verbs

Several loud honks made by geese to distant flocks.

Gobbler yelp

Zoology; Animal verbs

The tom's yelp, slower and lower pitched than hen yelps.

Brooding

Zoology; Animal verbs

A behaviour in birds in which the parents continue to warm nestlings or young that are unable to maintain their own body temperatures.

Caching

Zoology; Animal verbs

The storage or hoarding of food for later eating during times of limited food availability.

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