The name appears in various fan-created and independent stories:

Because the geese were heavy and slow to fly, they were captured, while the lighter cranes escaped. The fable is often used as a metaphor for how the wealthy (represented by the "heavy" geese) are more likely to be targeted during the fall of a city than the poor. 3. Fiction and Pop Culture

This group is distinguished from other waterfowl (like the Anhimae or screamers) by specific skeletal and muscular traits. For example, the suborder Anseres is noted for its ancient evolutionary history, with fossils dating back to the late Paleocene and early Eocene periods.