By Kels20 - 07/05/2009 14:18 - United States
Kels20 tells us more.
Ok... I'm the lady who raised the ducks and I'm not an idiot. 1. at my lake all the female ducks except 2 have been killed or something and only males are left. So I raised some in hope of balancing the equation and hopefully see some chicks within a while. 2. I've done this before, and ducks are wild, so they have know how to survive without me, the other ones did great, but they turned out to be all male except one female, so that's why I tried again the next year. And the ducks that are born in the wild at my lake are hand fed by the people that live here and aren't scared, they run to you thinking that you have bread. 3. I found out later that the dogs that had killed the ducks had also killed some ones kittens, and a cat as well as another small dog. They are now in the animal shelter because they were dangerous. 4. My sisters were upset but next year I'll just get some more, I enjoy watching them grow, and they other four ducks are doing great, surviving like all the other ducks. :) so yeah, not an idiot, just wanted to clear that up. I thought the story would make some people laugh... so I shared it. Have a nice day... God bless.
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that isn't wise to "hand raise" ducks anyway. Conrad Lorenz did a study on animal imprinting...with geese i believe. he raised some goslings, which in return imprinted on him. imprinting- when a baby animal recognizes its mother figure. and they never left him alone, he had to teach them how to do everything, and even then a lot of them didn't survive. there are just some things that you need to let mother nature handle. raising birds for instance... those ducklings most likely wouldn't have survived anyway. even if they weren't eaten by dogs...
umm... why in the world would you raise your ducks with your german shepherd if you were going to release them back into the wild. you HAVE to know how dogs chase ducks at the pond. it's not the dogs' fault; it's their instinct. it's your fault for being such a dumbass.
Today, my owner released me into the wild where I was promptly eaten by a dog. FML. On the plus side though, being a ghost is awesome, so at least my afterlife rocks.
Lmao this reminds me of the butterfly one they had a few weeks back....hilarious. I can just imagine the screams of the little children.
awww.... poor things y would u bring up ducks around ur dog??? this is ur fault u no
#9 you have problems. ok so this is why you DONT hand raise wild animals you're an idiot and you ttly deserved it. poor ducks and poor sisters
Oh no! That's why humans shouldn't meddle. You overlook the most obvious things, like desensitization.
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R.I.P little ducks :(
That would be so traumatizing for your sister lol.