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[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

Afaik it evolved like that for better raping. At least that's what our biology teacher told us, after we had to watch a video about duck mating.

There are also no real couples. Most of the time several males try to get it on with the same duck and it's not rare that their object of desire drowns because they can't wait their turn. Nature is fucked up.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ducks have diverse mating habits, like humans. They don't have to rape, but they will when there's overcrowding, males outcompete females, and/or they live in an urban environment where females lack the strength and space to escape.

Otherwise, most species of ducks form seasonal pair bonds with new mates each year. Some come back to the same mate each year, which isn't quite the same as monogamy since they don't stick together when not fucking and rearing young. A few ducks will mate for life, and a lot of larger waterfowl, like geese and swans, are monogamous.

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the additional insights!

I knew at least the part about swans. There was a huge pair of swans treating the small town they chose to live in as their personal garden and terrorizing people in traffic (pedestrians but people in cars as well). They were horrible but also treated like a holy cow, nobody was allowed to touch them and the official stance of the town was to let them be. So from time to time there were swan caused traffic jams and children knew to avoid them.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I haven't even met them and I love those birds. Reminds me of Canada Gooses, the source of deep respect and utter annoyance as our avian fellow countrymen.

One of my BFFs is an environmental scientist who loves ducks, which means get loaded with duck facts that spill over onto others.

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

That's awesome! I love people who love what they do and can infodump you into oblivion. It shows they care and it spreads.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That must be why geese and swans are so pissy and mean compared to ducks.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

The lack of rape?

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