Some facts about ducks
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- Ducks (anatidae) are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese.
- Ducks have no nerves or blood vessels in their feet.
- Ducks have waterproof feathers.
- A ducks life span is 2-12 years.
- Some people use "duck" specifically for adult females and "drake" for adult males.
- Ducks have 3 eyelids.
- Ducks exploit a variety of food sources such as aquatic plants, grasses, insects, fish, small amphibians, worms, and small molluscs.
- Some ducks can fly about 332 miles (535 km) a day.
- Ducks sleep with half their brains awake.
- A few specialized duck species such as the mergansers are adapted to catch and swallow large fish.
- A duck lays more eggs in daylight.
- Of the many ducks in fiction, many are cartoon characters like Donald Duck, who appeared in a Walt Disney film for the first time on 9 June 1934, and Daffy Duck, who appeared in Warner Brothers films.
- MYTH: When ducks quack they have no echo.
