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Let's Play "Catch the Duck"
August 17 is Independence Day in Indonesia, which this year marks 77 years after nationalists declared the nation's independence from the Netherlands.Alamy informs us that a traditional activity for the day is a lively game of "catch the duck." Several women are blindfolded inside an arena where a single duck evades their grasping hands.This video from TikTok member Dinar Putri shows several women enjoying this game. I think that the music is "Hari Merdeka," an Indonesia patriotic song. I can't find any information about the game, but I wonder if reflects Indonesian freedom fighters evading Dutch troops during their war of independence.-via David Burge#duck #Indonesia
Threatening Goose Turns Out to be Adoptive Father
Canada geese are well-known for being ill-tempered and willing to attack anyone. But one gander in South Jordan, Utah, took protecting his territory to the next level. For five weeks, Narelle and John Canaan could barely leave their house because the goose would run at them. The bird, eventually named "Gangsta," would chase off joggers and pedestrians who came near the Canaan's property. They put up a sign to warn passers-by of the dangerous goose. But then they found out why the gander was so territorial. He was protecting a nest. Not his nest, but a nest of ducks that were incubating in the Canaan's hedge row. After five weeks, the duck eggs hatched, and the Canaans watched Gangsta escort 12 ducklings and their mother to the nearby lake.“We love gangster now. We do. I can get over this,” John said.Narelle says they’ve forgiven Gangsta. And they’ve set out a new sign that now describes him as the “insanely devoted goose.”The Canaans see Gangsta on the lake quite often. He is still protective of the duck family, but he no longer tries to attack people. You can see a news report at LSL-TV.-via Fark(Image credit: ADARSHluck) #goose #gander #duck #Canadagoose
Woman Made a Custom Raincoat for Pet Duck with Rare Feather Condition
Ducks can make their feathers waterproof which helps them float on water. However, due to a rare feather condition, this is not the case for Bee, a duck owned by TikToker @motherthemountain.With a few materials, a little bit of sewing skills, and a whole lot of love and creativity, the duck owner decided to create a custom-made raincoat for Bee as a remedy to the problem. Since it was posted on TikTok, a lot of viewers saw it and commented that it made them feel good. Bee also received a lot of praise as she looked very cute in her raincoat.Image credit: @motherthemountain on TikTok#Duck #Pet #Animals
New Zealand Firefighter Attracts Birds Like a Disney Princess
New Zealand animal lover Matt Owens is an author and a firefighter. He also appears to be a bird whisperer. Owens adopted a magpie named Swoop and wrote a children's book about her. Swoop eventually returned to the wild, and apparently told the birds of New Zealand that Matt is the go-to guy for birds in trouble. He and his cat Mowgli will take in birds that need help with some assistance from specialists. Matt later found an injured baby magpie that he raised. The magpie, named Zoe, has now become his personal pet. The children's book The Story of Swoop is available online. You can see more of Matt (and I know you want to) at Instagram and YouTube.#magpie #duck #bird #birdrescue #birdwhisperer
Pied Piper Duck Show is a Duck Fashion Show in Australia
Dog shows or cat shows are a dime a dozen, but here Down Under, they do it differently.For more than 30 years, Sydney’s Royal Easter Show has been holding an annual duck show where ducks get dressed to the nines and go on a parade. Throughout the day, the ducks each receive three outfits : one for the day, one for the evening, and one for a wedding. The level of creativity with these ducks’ fashion seems to level up with each passing year, making it a long-awaited yearly event.According to the website Sad and Useless, the duck show is initiated by a farmer named Brian Harrington. Here’s to hoping that his idea crosses the pond to the United States!#duck #fashionshow #PiedPiperShow #SydneyRoyalEasterShow #Australia
How to Pick Up a Duck
This charming American Pekin duck named Wrinkle happily cooperated with his humans Justin and Joyce as they taught everyone how to properly pick up a duck — yes, they demonstrated how to lift a duck from the ground without it making frantic noises and movements in front of you.
Duck Goes to Maternity Facility to Lay Eggs
A mama duck in Jacksonville, Florida, made sure to have all her ducks in a row when she produced ten baby ducklings. The duck flew into the courtyard of Baptist Medical Center Beaches‘ labor and delivery center, and built a nest in the facility's atrium. She laid ten eggs, which hatched into ten ducklings. This duck knew what she was doing. Florida mallard ducklings can walk, swim, and forage within a few days of hatching, but cannot fly, which meant that the family couldn't leave the delivery center atrium without help. So the staff, led by certified lactation consultant Loretta Haycook-Haught (who knows a few things about babies) escorted them out by herding them through the building with big pieces of cardboard. They went out the front door, just like human moms and their new babies.No word yet on whether they scheduled her a six-week checkup.-via Fark #duck #duckling #maternityward
This Gorgeous Sunset Photo with Three Ducks has a Hidden Animal
Rhys McKinnon was surprised to find out that this beautiful picture he took of three ducks backdropped by the sunset hid a pleasant surprise—a swan!
Amazing Rescue of a Duck Trapped on an Ice Float on the Detroit River
Six strangers gathered in a freezing winter night to rescue a goldeneye duck that had gotten stuck on the Detroit River by a fishing line and a hook through its nare and tongue.An unnamed staff at the Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary shared the successful rescue attempt on Facebook. Zac spotted the duck and sent a heart-wrenching picture of it to the staff. The staff shared the situation on Facebook, garnering over 100 shares. The rescue was a massive team effort—the staff, Zac, Mike and his friend Todd, Angie, and Kaitlyn who drew the short straw.The group tied a tow rope around Kaitlyn's body. On the other end, the rest of the group, weighing nearly 600 pounds total, was ready to pull her up in case anything went wrong. Check out Kaitlyn's heroic rescue of the goldeneye below.
Why Ducklings Swim in Formation Behind Their Mother
Want to keep your ducks in a row? Ask a mother duck how she does it. She'll probably just quack, because her ducklings know by instinct that they should follow behind their mother in a single-file line. They do this whether walking or swimming, but it's the swimming that explains why they do it. The wake on the surface produced by the mother duck provides extra power for propelling the babies forward. Researchers from the University of Strathclyde published an account in The Journal of Fluid Mechanics that explains. Using a mathematical and numerical model, the researchers found that when a duckling swims at a 'sweet point' behind its mother a 'destructive wave interference phenomenon' occurs. This causes the wave drag of the duckling to turn positive meaning the baby bird is actually pushed forward by the wave.Interestingly this wave-riding benefit appears to be passed down to the rest of the ducklings in the line formation.So basically, they are wake boarding. The mechanics of the wave action are explained in further detail at Phys Org. (Image credit: apefrance at Pixabay) #duck #duckling
Ievan Polkka Performed by Ducks
It's always a delight to hear animals singing a familiar song. Through the magic of electronics, they can even carry a tune!You recall when The Kiffness (David Scott) turned the video of the numnum cat into a full-blown orchestration? He's done quite a few remixes in that vein, the latest involving ducks performing the classic Ievan Polkka.
The Hunting Duck: How Artists Subverted the Hunting Scene Requirement of the 2021 Federal Duck Stamp Contest
Artists who will enter the federal duck stamp contest next year no longer need to include hunting images in their entries. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finally brought an end to one of the controversial policies from the Trump administration last month. However, the said policy is still in effect this year, but the artists who entered the contest seemed to have already celebrated the policy's removal through their submissions.As the policy did not state what kind of hunting images are to be included in their works, the artists let their imagination run wild, and they depicted the ducks having firearms. And instead of the humans hunting the ducks, it's the other way around.Now that's a big brain move!Check out the entries over at Flickr - viaAudubon.(All Images: US Fish and Wildlife Services Headquarters/Flickr)#Duck #DuckHunt #Hunter #DuckStamp #Smart #WaterfowlHunting #FWS #DuckStampContest #USFishAndWildlifeServices
First Confirmed Talking Duck Throws Insults
We've heard crows, parrots, and lyrebirds speak human languages and imitate sounds they hear. But if it quacks like a duck... Except there was a duck who could talk. Ripper was born in 1983 at a nature reserve in Canberra, Australia, and was incubated by a chicken and raised by humans. Reports indicated that Ripper could talk, but by the time scientists stepped in to study him, Ripper was long gone, his keeper had died, and most of the records pertaining to Ripper were destroyed by fire. But we have some audio, retrieved from the Australian Sound Archive. Ripper was an Australian musk duck (Biziura lobate), a species where males perform displays to attract females and warn off rivals. Along with non-vocal “paddle-kick” and “plonk-kicks” these displays include so-called “whistle-kicks” where the duck’s feet hit the water accompanied by soft low-frequency sounds and louder whistles.Instead of singing the song of his people, however, Ripper took to sounds including one seemingly inspired by the hinge on his cage closing, while another sounds like “You bloody foo..”. It is thought his keeper may have called him a “bloody fool” often enough it sank in. Many birds can learn to imitate sounds, sometimes including human speech. However, every species in which this has been reliably reported belongs to one of three clades: songbirds (including the extraordinary lyrebird), hummingbirds, and parrots. Other birds have innate calls unaffected by sounds they are exposed to. Occasional reports of vocal imitation in other species have never previously been independently verified. A new science paper looks into the abilities of a duck imitating human sounds. You can hear that audio clip and read about the research at IFLScience. -via Strange Company (Image credit: Mdekool) #duck #talkingduck #talkingbird
Owl Hatched a Duck's Egg by Accident, Raised the Duckling Anyway
Laurie Wolf, a local artist and photographer, discovered a young duckling in an owl's nesting box in her backyard in Jupiter, Florida. Laurie and her family were watching some nesting boxes when she observed a mother wood duck removing her eggs from one of them because the nest had been raided. Laurie eventually forgot about the incident until a month later, when she discovered a duckling in an owl's birdhouse. “Seeing the owl with the duckling was honestly the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in my life! It’s still hard to believe.” Laurie said to Bored Panda.Laurie, however, became concerned that the predatory owl might eat the newborn duckling. She immediately contacted a wildlife sanctuary near her area and found out that her concern was valid. When she was about to catch the baby duck it flew towards their neighbor’s pond and seemed to be calling for its parents. Laurie posted an update on Facebook, saying, "A little later, the baby duck was in the hole by itself, calling for the parents." “We believe they heard each other because it sprang from the box and dashed for the back fence and our neighbor's pond, where the woodies have been spotted.”Laurie and her family have not seen the duckling since then.Images by: Laurie Wolf#ducklings #owl #birdhouse #duck
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