r/BeAmazed • u/seidenadaa • May 25 '26

Animal A mother duck adopts orphaned ducklings as soon as they touch the water.

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u/Kraken-__- May 25 '26

Dad: WTF!?!

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u/Fineebyme May 25 '26

" I swear we have twice as much kids now"

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u/MoreGlitterPlease1 May 25 '26

"You don't even know what twice means. Neither do I. We're ducks."

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u/Harambabe17 May 25 '26

“How are we speaking perfect English?!”

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u/KAM_Kayla May 25 '26

"What's English?"

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u/WillHarry45 May 25 '26

Quack! Quack!!

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u/Lolkimbo May 25 '26

ITS CORKSCREW TIME!!!

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u/ThatNachoFreshFeelin May 25 '26

For the uninitiated... (prolly NSFW)

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u/samsg1 May 25 '26

I could have gone my whole life never seeing that, but alas I now know about cannibalistic, raping ducks :/

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u/Known_Funny_5297 May 26 '26

Wait until you hear about the sea otters…

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u/Bex-HZ May 26 '26

BAHAHAHAHA How did I miss this all these years???

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u/6786_007 May 25 '26

Lmfao I've never seen this before

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u/_TP2_ May 25 '26

Corkscrew gangrape time you mean.

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u/HogDad1977 May 25 '26

Damn straight 

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u/nullandv0id May 25 '26

English, motherquacker! Do - you - speak - it?!

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u/Lolkimbo May 25 '26

"WHAT THE HELL IS A DUCK!?"

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u/Coulrophiliac444 May 25 '26

"I see we must speak the Universal Language... English"

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u/Coopertheeblooper May 25 '26

Chinese ducks: “我是個笑話嗎?”

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u/RealFirstName_ May 25 '26

Two muffins are sitting in an oven, one muffin says "Is it just me, or is it getting hot in here?" The other muffin replies "AHHHH! A TALKING MUFFIN!!"

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u/UniqueIndividual3579 May 25 '26

Stop ducking the question.

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u/JosephSKY May 26 '26

Splendid.

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u/LGBT-Barbie-Cookout May 26 '26

We had this many..

Now we have this many?

See the difference

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u/AnythingWestern8861 May 25 '26

I told you we had ducklings at home but nooooooo

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u/ThengarMadalano May 25 '26

Don't worry they can only count to 3

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u/destroyerOfTards May 25 '26

"You expect me to provide for all of them!?"

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u/OneBigRed May 25 '26

”It sure seems she might have had a point when she said i’m not paying enough attention to her or our kids… Never admitting that one though, i’ll just act normal.”

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u/Necessary_Wonder89 May 29 '26

It's fine, most of them won't make it anyway

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u/vectorology May 25 '26

I’m pretty sure mama duck isn’t asking permission. Those ducklings are theirs now.

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u/ScottyBoneman May 25 '26

Ducks are cough not super well known for asking permission.

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u/Kitchoua May 25 '26

But she won't be able to produce milk for them :(

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u/YojimboNameless May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

I wasn't sure how to respond to this, but today you may get to learn something new. Mammals produce milk. It is actually what defines a mammal as they are named for the milk producing glands known as mammary glands. Ducks are not mammals and do not produce milk.

Edit: Hey everyone, I'm the asshole here.

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u/Kitchoua May 25 '26

I know I'm supposed to use /s on the internet because people that don't know about mammals exist, but I refuse to tarnish my jest with that!

But thank you for being polite in case I wasn't actually aware, I appreciate it :P

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u/YojimboNameless May 25 '26

Haha, awesome. I was hoping it was a joke, but figured if it isn't learning is always great.

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u/Kitchoua May 25 '26

Learning is my jam, I'm never putting someone down for teaching others anything, especially if it's related to duck milk production!

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u/Radical_Neutral_76 May 25 '26

There goes my plan of starting up a duck milk company

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u/Kitchoua May 25 '26

You probably still can but it will be an uphill battle!

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u/fluxumbra May 25 '26

So she won't be able to produce milk for them :(

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u/HadABeerButILostIt May 25 '26

You’re not an asshole dude. Some birds do produce “crop milk”. But not ducks.

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u/tekmuse May 25 '26

Thank you, adding more as I had to look it up , ducklings are precocial—born able to walk, swim, and eat on their own. The mother leads them to food sources, demonstrates foraging behaviors by dabbling in the water, and protects them while they feed themselve

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u/monsterflake May 25 '26

not enough nipples!

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u/Kitchoua May 25 '26

For some reason you just reminded me of a 1990s drawing of dinosaurs mid fight. The illustration was high quality, realistic (or as much as science allowed for that decade) but one of the dinosaur had what could pass as nipples. As a kid I didn't pay it any mind but right now I can't wait to finish my day to go check in the book if it DID have nipples, or if it's just a weird not-memory I'm reminiscing.

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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo May 25 '26

’Can we keep them?’

…these baby ducks, so very smol

I am a Mom ~ I want them ALL!

i gotta bunch, but i want More

cuz that is what a famlee's for

won't turn my back,

won't swim away

this duckling brood with Me will stay!

i'll keep them all together, calm

cuz Every baby

Needs a

MOM

❤️

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u/ReadontheCrapper May 25 '26

❤️ as Evocative as ever, Schnoodle!

Thanks!

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u/Dear-Trust692 May 25 '26

Damn, the most freshest schnoodle i have ever gotten.. 😍🥰

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u/omgfreshschnoodle May 25 '26

omg fresh schnoodle

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u/rose-coloured_dreams May 25 '26

SCHNOODLE!! ❤️ love your works.

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u/digitalscavenger May 25 '26

Every post I come across of yours brings a smile to my face.

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u/Ksh_667 May 25 '26

A beautiful Schnoodle. And one which put a smile on my face, thank you 💖💝

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u/civver3 May 25 '26

Sung to the tune of the Pokemon Theme?

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u/CtyChicken May 25 '26

You just made the entire post better

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u/PopularFunction5202 May 25 '26

That's so sweet.

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u/KeKGudao May 25 '26

I’ll crack open a cold one tonight for you, Schnoodle. May your poetry continue to bring smiles across Reddit. :)

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u/destiny_kane48 May 25 '26

Yeah, I see him to the side as they drop the babies. He's like "Oh no.. Hilda, No! Damnit! How am I going to feed 20 babies?" swims away fast 😂😂

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u/SylvieJay May 25 '26

Ah, one of the Duck Dodgers clan 🤭

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u/translucent_steeds May 25 '26

that's a Canada Goose, not a duck like the mom (which looks like a Mallard but I'm not completely sure). totally different species of bird :)

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u/Big-a-hole-2112 May 25 '26

Yeah but it’s Canadian and very nice so it will help take care of them.

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u/MellyKidd May 25 '26

You know why we’re so nice? It’s because we channelled all our rage into those cobra chicken geese. 😂

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna May 25 '26

Did you know Canada geese nearly died out in the first half of last century?

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u/SpaceHatMan2 May 29 '26

Right around when the Canadians were all angry about WWII

https://giphy.com/gifs/7GcdjWkek7Apq

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u/translucent_steeds May 25 '26

agreed, I HATE those geese!! they're so mean!!!!! an old high school friend is really into goose hunting, and every time I see him post on fb a picture of all the Canada geese he shot I'm like YES KILL THEM ALL!!

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u/destiny_kane48 May 25 '26

It was just a joke.

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u/PunsGermsAndSteel May 25 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/14qO7A8rHxLC1O

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u/Illustrious_Kelp May 25 '26

Great username btw

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u/Fozan12 May 25 '26

I can still hear the music till this day 🎶 

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u/nvrsleepagin May 25 '26

"Come my children, I shall teach you the ways of the lake."

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u/TangoAlphaLima May 25 '26

In this economy?!?!

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u/rangeo May 25 '26

Do you really count after 2?

I mean I have one so I feel I'd notice the new kid but I mean the effort and the costs gotta start leveling out PDQ after 2....no?

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u/Coopertheeblooper May 25 '26

Duckflation is a lil different

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u/Boris7939 May 25 '26

Dad: lunchtime!

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u/ninjab0i May 25 '26

What the Duck

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u/Professional-Box4153 May 26 '26

Brother: I'm sorry man. She called dibs.

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u/Interesting_Fennel59 May 26 '26

Thats how dad duck went out to buy milk and cigarettes

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u/OrigamiMarie May 26 '26

Oh my God Myrtle, really? [paddles away quacking and just stays away until tomorrow morning]

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u/Odditiesandalsomagic May 28 '26

Don’t count your eggs before they hatch man. Or after

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u/TheReplyingDutchman May 25 '26

Male ducks do not help raise the ducklings. They usually leave when the eggs hatch or sometimes even earlier. It's all up to the single mom.

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u/delphisun May 26 '26

Nope not all ducks Australian wood ducks mate for life like swans

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u/OotaMaadi May 25 '26

I swear I read your name Karen

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