Oie-armee de Gambie - Spur-winged goose by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Dec 03, 2019

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L'Oie-armée de Gambie (Plectropterus gambensis), également appelée plectroptère de Gambie ou plus simplement l'Oie de Gambie, est une espèce d'oiseaux aquatiques de la famille des Anatidés. Elle est apparentée aux tadornes. C'est la seule espèce du genre Plectropterus. Lorsque au Nord Bénin, l’Oie-armée de Gambie consomme certains coléoptères de la famille des Méloidés, elle accumule dans ses tissus une toxine qui peut occasionner chez les prédateurs des cystites ou priapismes douloureux The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis), also known as the Gambia Electropterus or simply the Gambia Goose, is a species of waterfowl of the Anatidae family. She is related to the tadornes. It is the only species of the genus Plectropterus. When in northern Benin, he spur-winged goose consumes certain beetles of the Meloidae family, it accumulates a toxin in its tissues that can cause painful cystitis or priapisms in predators.