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5. Squeee! n/t

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 11:23 PM

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California farmers are now collecting the eggs of mallard ducks that nest in their fields [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP

This is awesome. libdem4life Jul 2015 #1

+1 pinto Jul 2015 #2

Phew!!! GoCubsGo Jul 2015 #3

I thought the same, that maybe it was because the ducks were a nuisance. cui bono Jul 2015 #6

I don't know how they spot the nests, but passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #4

Probably when desperate parent.... daleanime Jul 2015 #7

The photo captions at the article say that the hens stay on the nest csziggy Jul 2015 #8

Squeee! n/t eggplant Jul 2015 #5

Ducks are just so damned cute. Why? Enthusiast Jul 2015 #9

Haha that's a good question! BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #11

Since their cuteness exists only in your head... no MattBaggins Jul 2015 #12

In the meantime ducks remain cute. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #13

Thank you for injecting some reality back into the thread. Sheesh! 7962 Jul 2015 #32

That's cute! Orrex Jul 2015 #19

Actually there have been some studies done indicating that baby mammals give off pheremones fasttense Jul 2015 #23

They're not ALWAYS cute jmowreader Jul 2015 #14

I will happily ignore this aberration. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #15

Apparently we (all species) are wired to view the young'uns as cute erronis Jul 2015 #20

Pretty obvious evolutionary advantage ... brett_jv Jul 2015 #36

Perhaps it's the corkscrew penis and vagina? progressoid Jul 2015 #21

Who knew? But the penis doesn't contribute to the cuteness. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #22

This is how things should be. nt SusanCalvin Jul 2015 #10

Every one o' these farmers should get a freebie copy of "Make Way for Ducklings" TygrBright Jul 2015 #16

Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack... kath Jul 2015 #17

Got to love our state. Starry Messenger Jul 2015 #18

THIS^^^^^!!! calimary Jul 2015 #24

KnR Hekate Jul 2015 #25

Totally not what I thought this would be Warpy Jul 2015 #26

On the other hand, the farmer can't go anywhere without 1400 baby ducks following. <G> n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #28

On the DU home page on my IPad the headline stopped at 'collected eggs' LynneSin Jul 2015 #27

Wonderful! ThingsGottaChange Jul 2015 #29

Every farmer I know . . . OldRedneck Jul 2015 #30

the california waterfowl association's hopemountain Jul 2015 #31

But the only reason we have as many deer as we have in Ga. 7962 Jul 2015 #33

???? hopemountain Jul 2015 #38

The point is that without their effort to save them, the population could dwindle 7962 Jul 2015 #39

foul vs fowl hopemountain Jul 2015 #42

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #34

I was holding my breath expecting to read one more Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #35

I'd take them to the incubator TlalocW Jul 2015 #37

How do the babies imprint in order to live in the wild, if mom is not there? Zorra Jul 2015 #40

web page says that they are experts are hand rearing waterfowl... I guess they have it figured out Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #41

Hooray for CA flamingdem Jul 2015 #43