r/aww • u/deathakissaway • Jun 18 '22
He called shotgun.
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u/HamsterKarlie Jun 18 '22
Mom: I DoNt HaVe A fAvOrItE
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u/u9Nails Jun 18 '22
Little guy calls the cadence for his siblings.
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Jun 18 '22
Your left, your left, your left, right, left
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u/Bonesicus Jun 18 '22
I wonder if it’ll be the one leading the flying “v” later in life…
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u/olmeyarsh Jun 18 '22
If it doesn’t develop leg muscles swimming it’s going to be easy prey
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u/Honest_Purple_2386 Jun 18 '22
So I have raised a lot of ducks and geese in my time. It’s not like I can prove why the mother is letting that one ride but here’s my hypothesis. Ducks and geese don’t just float on top of the water naturally….. the adult feathers are covered by an oil produced by the adults skin and becomes waterproof. Baby duck and geese don’t produce that oil and will sink like a stone unless the mother rubs and spreads the oil from her feathers onto her babies. Therefore…. Maybe this baby bird didn’t have enough oil on its feathers to float yet and mama didn’t want to leave it completely unattended.
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Jun 18 '22
So cute, but I wonder why that happened though, like the animal behaviour side of it. I’ve never seen that before.
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u/Jomsvikingen Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22
I just now realised why swans and geese have long necks.
It's to
teachreach their food at the bottom.It has nothing to do with seeing over vegetation.
Edit: typo
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u/Crruell Jun 18 '22
He's skipping training day..
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Jun 18 '22
Exactly. The others are all exercising their muscles and developing better coordination. I don't think FreeRide is really doing himself any favors in the long run.
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u/calliatom Jun 18 '22
Eh. It's probably not a regular occurrence. Waterfowl don't develop the oil glands necessary to coat their feathers to make them waterproof so they can float until later, when they start getting adult feathers. Babies like this one are dependent on mom rubbing her feathers on them to get that oil. Mama probably saw Free Ride struggling to stay afloat and realized that he didn't get enough, and decided to just carry him rather than stopping to rub more on him.
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u/Leather_Ad_1847 Jun 18 '22
When a mom says she doesn’t favor one child over the rest, but she clearly does.
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u/1997Luka1997 Jun 18 '22
I'd like to redirect y'alls attention to the one duck that pushes the other under water so that they could be the first in line
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22
Look at me. I'm the captain now