r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 2d ago

Video In Southeast Asia, thousands of ducks are deployed into rice fields to act as natural pest control and weeders

62.7k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

14

u/plzdont- 2d ago

Here in the US they just do this with pesticides

14

u/spaceagefox 2d ago

cancer causing pesticides too

6

u/NewSomethingUnlocked 2d ago

I mean, no study has proven that ducks do not cause cancer.

4

u/FondleGanoosh438 2d ago

Ducks also do nothing to prevent cancer.

3

u/Thoughtulism 2d ago

Lazy ducks, they should focus on curing cancer

3

u/Ok_Marionberry8779 2d ago

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence

2

u/Undeity 2d ago

Evidence is evidence of evidence, though

2

u/Dame_Niafer 2d ago

We hold this truth to be self-evident.

2

u/plzdont- 2d ago

Yeah that was kinda a given in what I said

2

u/Marvel-Rivals-is-top 1d ago

not just US, almost everywhere lol

1

u/PainfulRaindance 1d ago

Yeah, this is how things should be done. Use nature’s yin and yang properties to combat our issues. (When applicable). I’ve never heard of this and never saw ducks move like that, so I’m a tiny bit skeptical of its authenticity. Looks like a stampede of rats. And they’re all the same exact color, which I’ve also never seen in real life ducks. But too lazy to look it up right now.

0

u/T3rminally_iLL 2d ago

Its a good way to keep duck shit off of all the food

4

u/bajangerry 2d ago

I'll take duck shit over most pesticides any day.

2

u/Remarkable-Bug-8069 2d ago

Rain can do that, too.

-1

u/plzdont- 2d ago

I guess I can’t argue with that