The upside down goose and other stories of innovation

Speaking of the evolution of industries, I couldn’t pass up this example of the upside-down flying goose. This is what innovation looks like in the wild. In this case, the (grey) goose was in mid-whiffle — when geese come in to land from a great height they partake in a bout of

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whiffling, which involves the bird twisting and turning to spill air from

their wings and thus lowering their speed prior to landing.

However, even veteran birdwatchers were surprised by this photo: “In 36 years of birdwatching I have seen this many times, particularly when

watching pink-footed geese on the north Norfolk coast coming in to roost in

the late afternoon and evening. I have, however, never seen a photograph of

a bird in mid-whiffle like this. It is an amazing photograph.”

[image: Grey Goose via Telegraph (U.K.)]