Lmao definitely ducks. Not mine just wild. Two moms had been nesting under the stairs for a while(didn’t know they did that btw!) I’d only moved in after the first babies were hatched. Got to see both hatchling sets. Ugh they were adorable! Females were so mean to each other’s babies tho despite sharing a nest like twice before one moved on, so I don’t get that
There's a pond where I work that gets ducks. One year there were two broods of ducklings and one mother stole the other mother's babies. The other mom hung around for a bit before getting chased off.
We have a duck that comes every year to the exam same spot in my garden to lay eggs. Every year I cared for her, brought her food and she even lets me take and pack her babies into a box to take them to the river.
Here's the thing - horses are pretty fragile. My vet used to be a traveling livestock vet before she opened her clinic about twenty years ago, and any time someone says "healthy as a horse," she likes to remind them that horses truly want to die, and it's more than a full-time job keeping them from achieving that goal. They're just usually also big, which is most of what makes them strong and powerful. If they were duck-sized, though? You could kick them into next week as quick as you could look at 'em. They wouldn't be a threat at all.
A horse-sized duck would be something like a giant ostrich, which is already not a pleasant bird - and in that case, I would like to remind you about other large and violent birds like the cassowary, and how Australia lost a war to emus. Ducks are strong enough that when they get together in groups to sexually assault a female duck, they can easily drown her and still spend a while assaulting the corpse after. We do not want or need giant birds, and you'd get your shit wrecked by them. A horse-sized duck is an immediate threat and should cause you large amounts of serious concern and panic.
my favorite fucked up horse fact is that while we definitely had some involvement in them getting where they are now, we didn't actually cause most of the core issues, horses just kinda... did that... evolutions just fucked them up for no reason lmao
it's a good example and reminder that evolution isn't inherently intelligent or purposeful- without specific selection pressure to wean negative characteristics, all sorts of dumb traits and features can go on propagating just fine.
I guess it depends on where you live, but in most cases if you see a domestic duck on a pond it's been dumped there and left to die. You should unironically take it and find them a proper flock to be part of if permitted.
I took in some fosters a week ago and I already have something like 400 photos of them! Only one qualifies for the braincell but they are just sooo cute...
For every cat post on the internet, there exists an equal and opposite niche subreddit dedicated entirely to that specific cat behavior, posture, or physical trait.
Well I've been here 17 years or some shit and lately, I haven't found a new one mentioned in awhile. I don't expect it to last but there's a bottom to the cat subs somewhere and I'm getting close! 🤣
My phone told me I took a thousand more photos than usual the first month after my ding dongs adopted me. Went pretty much like OPs video except it was a geo tracker in my driveway not a park bench.
Every time I see this video, it comes across as so staged. Maybe it's just me, but I've found stray cats and kittens before. My first instinct is never to grab the camera and video it for social media.
I actually do take the camera out first because you don't always catch them on the first try? Sometimes I/my partner have to go home and grab a carrier/trap. Not that it happens too often. The vast majority of our fosters are from shelters.
My friend brought me a kitten from his farm, and she jumped on me and perched on my shoulder, resting around my neck. I knew at that point I was hers forever. I feed her only the most premium snacks and haute kitty-cuisine. She repays me by re-arranging my Adam's apple.
I also found two orange kittens in a park in high school! My friends and I were hanging out and suddenly one of them stood up and says "KITTENS!". We found them in the wooded part covered in fleas and starving.
One went to a good home and one I kept. Named her Lychee. She was a good kitty. Just put her down at the end of July this year unfortunately.
It is well known among orange kittens that in cold weather, humans have a small pouch on their upper back that you can take shelter in. The human will mistake you for one of its young and care for you.
So I’ve complained many times to my boys (now grown) that I’ve never just come across a kitten wanting to adopt me and each time they laugh a bit and tell me these videos are very fake. The person puts the kitten somewhere and then pretends to find them. I’m still not sure if they are accurate or just trying to ease my hurting heart. I so want two orange kittens to know how much I want them.
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u/Flip_Six_Three_Hole 8h ago
Man, I never find anything good at the park