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[–] [email protected] 73 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Actually feeding bread or any other human food is not good for Ducks/Gease etc. So please do not feed them human food. It really makes me angry and shows only ignorance towards animals.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

and shows only ignorance towards animals.

I mean...yeah? Most people are ignorant of things like this because they don't know any better. I can't be particularly upset at some random park goer that doesn't know all the nutritional needs of a duck, because why would I assume that's knowledge they would have? Feeding ducks bread is sort-of ingrained in the public mind, it will take education and time to undo that.

I've seen signs up at some parks lately that explain this to people, and that's a start, but they need to be more widespread, and it will take time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Showing compassion to strangers and not assuming ill will? Sir the Internet is going to have to ask you to leave. /S

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Stale Bread Man is the real villain here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Plot twist: he gave them protein bread, that's why they're all buff

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Why is bread bad for ducks?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

They can't get any nutrients from it, they get full on the bread and starve, the high carb content can also give them deformed wings.

Feed them chopped up salad, corn, rice, grapes, or bird seed.

Source: I'm a game developer and I know how to Google.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

My ducks loved worms and (boiled) potatoes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

It’s just junk food for birds

Honestly I think the hate for bread is a little out of hand. Is it nutritious? No, but it’s not poison either. As long as it’s only a small part of their diet it’s not hurting anything.

I have a pet bird and 90% of her diet is nutritionally dense foods, but she still gets nibbles of bread and tortillas and so forth because small amounts of treats are perfectly fine. Same concept.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

It doesn't really have any nutritional value for them but it fills them up so they don't eat as much of the things that they should be eating to get proper nutrition.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Just be warned... he's a real party animal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!

[–] ThrowawayPermanente 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Quackening quackening, it's coming, quackening

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We have awakened musta-quack-ish. All shall despair.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Awaken, awaken, awaken, awaken

Take the land, that must be taken

Awaken, awaken, awaken, awaken

Devour worlds, smite forsaken

[–] washbasin 4 points 7 months ago

\m/ (>_<) \m/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

CRUMBLINGS, CRUMBLINGS, IT'S COMING! CRUMBLINGS!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All I ever wanted to do is eat your fries...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

But the crispiness ain't so good...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Waddle on, Soldier!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

If this happens, maybe we should attempt to wake xkcd's Sheeple. Maybe it would be worse for us, but it can't be by much and the ducks wouldn't be able to have everything their own way either.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

I’m glad he got hugged by a duck when he was feeling down.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Charles and Mambo got jacked

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I need more duck memes in my life

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

hate it when that happens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The ducks have eyes!