tags: mallard ducklings in a mug, birds, Image of the Day
A pair of tiny abandoned ducklings found battling against waves after being washed out to sea are being nursed back to health -- in a teacup.
The fluffy birds were saved from a watery grave when they were found by passing canoeist Chris Murray.
Image: Richard Austin.
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Ducklings are rather well-known for their ability to imprint on someone (usually their mother) or something shortly after hatching. Researchers at the University of Oxford were interested in understanding more about learning and memory in ducklings.
I need some help from 'swanologists.' So do Boston's ducklings. In the middle of Boston's Public Garden, there is a large pond (although for some reason it's called a lagoon, even though it's not a lagoon).
tags: Muscovy Duckling, Cairina moschata,
Last week, I described how the pair of swans living on Boston's Public Garden's Lagoon* have a predilection for attacking ducklings. Last night, the swans were at it again.
that is so nauseatingly cute, i could die
oh so lovely and amazing, i love ducks. hope they'll be fine and grow to swim in a pool or lake as well :)