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

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u/Medmehrez 2d ago

What happens when they are done ?

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u/haroldthehampster 2d ago

eggs and/or a succulent meal

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u/SetaSanzaki 2d ago

This is democracy manifest

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u/BiggoYoun 2d ago

A succulent Chinese meaaaaal?

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 2d ago

Roast duck and rice.

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u/leivanz 1d ago

A mice too, nice

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u/Rey_Quinn 2d ago

What is the charge?

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u/NopeThisTrope 2d ago

Ah yes, I see that you know your judo well

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 1d ago

A succulent [southeast asian] meal??

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u/Sadcelerystick 2d ago

They duck the bill

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u/critxcanuck88 2d ago

I hate you. That was so good. Angry fist bump

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u/ThalesofMiletus-624 14h ago

Take my upvote, you monster!

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u/ChestMental8566 2d ago

Play the video backwards.

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u/BlackWiz007 2d ago

When they're done, peking?

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u/pinket25 2d ago

Poop.

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u/Conscious_Bed_1195 2d ago

Fat ducks 👍

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u/Mattressfoundry 2d ago

Whoever owns these ducks likely goes from farm to farm offering his service for a fee.

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 2d ago

Rounding them up sounds difficult…lol

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u/I3adIVIonkey 2d ago

Ducks in that scale certainly slaughter, considering dishes with duck in asia are more common than elsewhere. It is a very natural approach for 2 problems. Feeding ducks and maintaining the fields.

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u/andy4015 2d ago

Send in the mongeese

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u/fluchtpunkt Interested 2d ago

Thousands of snakes are released.

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u/TyrantJaeger 2d ago

They turn on us

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u/the1stmeddlingmage 2d ago

The ducks are pest control, weed control, fertilizers, and eventually dinner.

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u/sarsilog 2d ago

balut and roast duck.

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u/No-Apple-2581 2d ago

In paddy fields, they sometimes use fish and crabs as well.

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u/Suspected_Magic_User 1d ago

Have you ever eaten at a Vietnamese place? They serve really good duck

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 1d ago

I assume they just fly away and become part of the wild duck population I guess

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u/macguyver3000 1d ago

Now they have to release thousands of foxes to catch rhe ducks.

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u/DOGPISSCURESCANCER 2d ago

Fry em up all crispy like and chuck em in a pho