I was taking a walk (as I always do) on Saturday morning around my neighbourhood. There’s a couple of ponds around and on the bank of one of those ponds, I saw two strange ducks. Their bright yellow beaks really caught my attention and I took a couple of photos, but I thought they were just strange mallards.

Upon further research once I got home, however, it turned out that these ducks were, in fact, Yellow-Billed Ducks! They are only native to some parts of Africa. Not sure how or why they came here to North-Western Germany! Maybe escaped pets?

  • Spitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, that’s true about geese and swans. But I knew a guy who bicycled through a park, and a duck chased him for about a minute and bit him so hard he bled. I’ve met other people with similar stories. Then again, maybe they just can’t tell the difference between a duck or a goose…