I don't know how duck genetics work.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Honestly she might have just abducted them. Ducks and geese will steal ducklings/goslings as a territorial thing, and also because adding another 5-10 babies means that much of a chance less that a predator will grab your baby out of the bunch. They take care of themselves more or less, so the babies don’t suffer for it.
I've heard ducks can't count (a lot of birds can) so they're often losing and gaining ducklings just accidentally, which makes me feel like it's got to be scary to be a duckling. But then ducks have other problems too. Weird species.
Such as the evolutionary duck genital arms race.
Spiral Cocks vs Maze Cunts!
Now that is a roller derby match I would watch!
I mean, alongside all the other ones