Feeding the Ducks

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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    wow..they are brazen. I will remember not to go to that park :p
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    There's a park near San Francisco where the squirrels have gotten so used to humans (that have been feeding them), they come up and yank stuff out of your hands.
    "Jennifer Packard told the San Jose Mercury about the latest attack. She said she had unwrapped a muffin during a picnic last week in Mountain View's Cuesta Park and had given it to her son, Andrew.

    Quickly, a brown tree squirrel pounced, attacking the 4-year-old and wrestling with him for the muffin. The youngster was bitten and scratched as he ran screaming through the park with the squirrel still hanging onto him as he rolled desperately in the grass to end the attack."

    ref. ( http://www.ktvu.com/news/9946672/detail.html?rss=fran&psp=news )
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Ok theres now a voyeristic slant on it, I'm freaked I offiially dont like this euphemism.:eek:

    Yeah, I never heard that expression used in that manner before. Bunch of sickos across the pond. Mods, can we impose economic sanctions or something?
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Yeah, I never heard that expression used in that manner before. Bunch of sickos across the pond. Mods, can we impose economic sanctions or something?

    you blokes are so sensitive sometimes... either that or youre repressed. it makes me laugh. :p:D
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  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    roar wrote:
    "A duck loves bread but it does not have the capability to buy a loaf. That's the biggest joke on the duck ever."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDPS5VmvqkY

    ducks eat for free at subway!

    god i loved that guy. "See you tomorrow, bring your friends!"
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    they feed them in Scotland and Wales also... ducks arent held captive in Englishville. ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    we don't have ducks :cool:
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    we don't have ducks :cool:

    really? no ducks in ireland. that's weird. what did yous do... eat them all?
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    really? no ducks in ireland. that's weird. what did yous do... eat them all?
    Nah, the Poles did :(

    Been extinct a couple of years now :( send us one will ya? ;)
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    you blokes are so sensitive sometimes... either that or youre repressed. it makes me laugh. :p:D


    I think that is the first time I have been accused of being sensitive. You might need to check the batteries in your sarcasm detector.
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  • YieldInHidingYieldInHiding Posts: 1,841
    Tony Soprano fed the ducks. :)
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    I used to. And when I found out lobbing bread at them is interfering with the natural order of things, I've taken to lobbing small bits of tree bark at them.

    Considering they're used to people throwing food at them, the stupid birds think I'm doing the same and try to gobble the bits of bark up. Fools.

    So everybody wins- I have the pleasure of messing around with the birds, AND I'm not getting involved in the whole disrupting migratory patterns thing.
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  • Motown322Motown322 Posts: 465
    Jeanie wrote:
    Well I've always known it as a euphemism for male masturbation.

    That's the first thing I thought of when I read the title of the thread and I couldn't stop laughing... :D
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Nah, the Poles did :(

    Been extinct a couple of years now :( send us one will ya? ;)


    will an emu do? :p:D
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I think that is the first time I have been accused of being sensitive. You might need to check the batteries in your sarcasm detector.

    check. :p:)
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    check. :p:)


    Haha. Glad to see it's up and running again!
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Haha. Glad to see it's up and running again!

    it always is. :D


    i guess i really shouldve quoted reefer in my reply. he seemed to be the one freaked out afterall. *shrugs*
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    it always is. :D


    i guess i really shouldve quoted reefer in my reply. he seemed to be the one freaked out afterall. *shrugs*


    I wouldn't think a real reeferchief would be uptight about anything...
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I wouldn't think a real reeferchief would be uptight about anything...


    yeah... youd think that wouldnt you? but alas... ;):)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Motown322 wrote:
    That's the first thing I thought of when I read the title of the thread and I couldn't stop laughing... :D

    Oh good! :D Now I don't feel so alone and unusual! :p

    It's the first thing I thought when I read it, so I was thinking how much I enjoy feeding the ducks and thinking this aint gonna be the thread for that and was pleasantly surprised! :D
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I wouldn't think a real reeferchief would be uptight about anything...

    Slamming the ham isnt something I want an audience for, besides I aint been a real reeferchief since before my son was born over 4 years agi lol.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Slamming the ham isnt something I want an audience for, besides I aint been a real reeferchief since before my son was born over 4 years agi lol.:)


    excuses excuses :rolleyes: :p:D
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I thought bread is bad for them, it has no nutritional value for them what so ever..
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    I thought bread is bad for them, it has no nutritional value for them what so ever..

    yes ive heard this too.


    ...and even more so if its stale and you throw the whole loaf at them and it hits. :D
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  • Purple PuppyPurple Puppy Posts: 149
    If you're going to feed nature...don't feed them processed shit. Hey duckie....here's some poison....oh happy me!

    http://www.ducks.ca/resource/general/faq/faq2.html#eat

    9. What do ducks eat?

    That depends on the ducks species and life stage. Different species have different diets. As well, ducks often eat different things at different ages, depending on what their bodies need.

    For example, mallard ducks will eat a variety of foods, such as seeds, roots and stems of bulrushes, millet and smartweed, as well as waste grain like barley from farmers fields. Theyve also been known to eat mosquito larvae, midges and mayfly nymphs.

    A different example is common mergansers. These birds usually eat minnows, game fish, trout, salmon and some amphibians.
    10. Ive heard that feeding ducks bread is bad. What should I feed them?

    DUC does not recommend feeding ducks. It increases the chances of negative human/wildlife encounters, reduces the ducks foraging instincts and can make them dependent on people for food.
    thanks for the advice mr. acidic personality, killing all that fly with your glare, putting everyone in their places better than you will ever get to.
    Signed it, grind it.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    thanks for the advice mr. acidic personality, killing all that fly with your glare, putting everyone in their places better than you will ever get to.
    Wow.. Don't take it so personal. He's just stating some helpful facts.
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    thanks for the advice mr. acidic personality, killing all that fly with your glare, putting everyone in their places better than you will ever get to.

    why the contempt for learning? you not want to know more about our feathered friends / tasty snacks? mmmmm.....i love duck in plum sauce...no wait, satay sauce.....mmmm
  • My friend often refers to going to the loo as "feeding the penguins" - is there meaning behind this or just total silliness?
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