A few historical facts about Tufted Romans…from the WORLD HERITAGE ANIMAL GENOMIC RESOURCES archives website: www.whagrinstitute.org
The photo credit is from WHAGR.
Sacred to the God Juno - Goddess of marriage and protector of women. In 365 B.C. in the still of the night, it was the “honking” of Tufted Roman Geese that awoke the Roman soldiers to thwart the attack by the Gauls- saving Rome.