Comments on: marvel at the underduck region

marvel at the underduck region

moonmilk — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:16:59 -0800

if you only look at one picture of a duck today, let it be this one [twitter] [threadreader]

Yes, it's just one picture of a duck, but what a picture

By: Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon

Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:22:55 -0800

seriously though mar hicks is the coolest

By: The Underpants Monster

The Underpants Monster — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:24:27 -0800

Underducky, you're the one That makes Twitter so much fun, Underducky, I'm awfully fond of you!

By: gusandrews

gusandrews — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:37:27 -0800

dammit I came here to post that

By: Redstart

Redstart — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:43:49 -0800

Well, that was a lot cuter than I expected. I used to have a job that occasionally called for hands-on contact with a lot of underduck or undergoose regions (vent sexing like this) so I thought I was going to see someone marveling at the corkscrew shape of a duck penis. (Most birds don't have penises, but ducks and geese do, which is helpful if you want to know for sure what sex they are.)

By: avocet

avocet — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:45:53 -0800

I just discovered the duck pond on the campus where I've worked for just over six months, and I visit them daily. I am already Tony Soprano-level attached to my little quacking friends.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:49:49 -0800

By: soren_lorensen

soren_lorensen — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:58:07 -0800

When I was living in Cambridge (England edition) one year as a child, I also developed a serious affinity for the ducks (Emmanuel College duck pond holla!), and then spring succeed and holy shit ducklings EVERYWHERE. I already was pretty convinced that I (an urban, American child) was actually living in Narnia, but those few weeks were just next level. Then I went to college myself on a campus with a large variety of water fowl (and peacocks) and discovered that ducks are really horrible assholes, and peacocks delight in sitting under your window at 3 a.m. and screeching at jet engine decibel levels repeatedly.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:02:41 -0800

If tiny 'n cute are not your thing, perhaps this goth duck is more to your liking?

By: obfuscation

obfuscation — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:04:27 -0800

The underduck region is indeed marvelous! A+ ducko, would "d'awww" again!

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:06:36 -0800

I hadn't even planned to look at any pictures of ducks today, but I am glad I made the time to look at that one. A++, would look at again. Of course, I had planned to look at a picture of a chinchilla, so now I will have to look at that later in the week. Maybe I can squeeze it in on Thursday and just glance at the platypus that day.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:12:09 -0800

There are many pictures of capybaras that need looking at, ricochet biscuit - perhaps you can arrange for a leave of absence to make time?

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:13:23 -0800

I have two weeks blocked in March for that.

By: njohnson23

njohnson23 — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:14:36 -0800

First time I was visiting Cambridge I noticed the signs restricting access to the lawns to the faculty only. But there were lots of ducks parading on the lawns. I guess they have rank too.

By: zabuni

zabuni — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:18:54 -0800

We regret to inform you the duck is racist

By: YAMWAK

YAMWAK — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:20:26 -0800

When I first moved to live in Cambridge, I was within walking distance of an old pub called The Green Dragon. The outside seating was up against the river, with pasture on the other side. At the right time of year baby ducks and goslings would waddle past, followed by their parents. You'd see the odd swan too. There are worse places to enjoy a pint.

By: slkinsey

slkinsey — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:22:32 -0800

eggsactly what I wanted to see this afternoon

By: Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The

Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:30:33 -0800

That is a legit great picture, I'd be chuffed if I got that.

By: I-Write-Essays

I-Write-Essays — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:55:48 -0800

I saw someone in that thread ask why Doves get to be the symbol of peace instead of the Duck. Clearly, they've never studied duck penises!

By: rhizome

rhizome — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:27:50 -0800

Lord Love a Duck

By: peeedro

peeedro — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:31:23 -0800

This finally answers the age old question, is a duck's ass water-proof? No, it's water-repellent.

By: praemunire

praemunire — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:09:05 -0800

Last summer when I was briefly in Boston I was walking over to the Gardner Museum, which as many of you know is adjacent to "the fens," and witnessed traffic being completely stopped by a mama duck leading her baby ducks single file across the road. It was straight-up real-life Make Way For Ducklings.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:14:56 -0800

fwiw :P caterpillars impersonating a slug!

By: supermedusa

supermedusa — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:30:58 -0800

fwiw :P caterpillars impersonating a slug! and people thought the eels were nightmare fuel!

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:55:40 -0800

In further cute baby animal news: Baby ray grown in sandwich bag

The ray was trapped in its egg case - known as a mermaid's purse - and would have died. Aquarium employee Frazer Mackay peeled open the case and put the ray, still at the embryo stage, in the bag. The ray is now a month old and the aquarium said it is "thriving" in the sandwich bag in a quarantine tank.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:00:58 -0800

(Though now that I think of it, growing up in a sandwich bag seems more like a Roast Beef thing than a Ray thing)

By: togdon

togdon — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:44:52 -0800

Ducks don't get wet

By: traveler_

traveler_ — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 13:35:38 -0800

I am already Tony Soprano-level attached to my little quacking friends. posted by avocet So.... eponysterical?

By: cynical pinnacle

cynical pinnacle — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 14:23:23 -0800

Baby ray grown in sandwich bag: The ray was trapped in its egg case I bet the baby ray really wished it had an egg tooth. Baby ray doo doo doo doo doo doo...

By: just_ducky

just_ducky — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:41:54 -0800

I just gave birth to just_duckling 7 weeks ago. I'm so glad you all think she's so cute!

By: Gray Duck

Gray Duck — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:37:44 -0800

I approve of this colorful little fluff.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:57:22 -0800

Someone needs to invent some real Peril Sensitive Sunglasses but instead of going opaque they show pictures of cute animals.

By: Johnny Wallflower

Johnny Wallflower — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 18:33:32 -0800

Congrats, just_ducky!

By: TrishaU

TrishaU — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 18:55:00 -0800

It's winter. I'm ready for spring, the opening of the new library on our block, and getting the mallards and Canada geese back in the duck pond. Yeah, ducks!

By: duffell

duffell — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 19:09:05 -0800

Checking to confirm "underduck" tag, all is as it should be, carry on

By: saucysault

saucysault — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:47:49 -0800

getting the mallards and Canada geese back in the duck pond. Yeah, ducks! ...do you not know what Canada geese are like?

By: ApathyGirl

ApathyGirl — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:41:23 -0800

it's nice weather for ducks.. _{Fal de ral de ral do...}

By: straight

straight — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:28:56 -0800

Is there a source for the duck photo? I couldn't find it in the thread.

By: ejs

ejs — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:34:59 -0800

I love the goth duck linked earlier in the thread but calling a goth duck "Danny Zuko" is just... just... how could you possibly misunderstand "goth" any worse

By: TrishaU

TrishaU — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:45:58 -0800

Driving through a flock of ducks crossing the road is somewhat like driving though a herd of sheep. Except the ducks can fly into your vehicle if they want to. Don't want to have my moon roof open, either. Yep, until this building project we had many ducks and geese in the neighborhood. And they will be back.

By: caphector

caphector — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:08:24 -0800

Duckling story: My Dad got a place with a pool in AZ that was near a lake; lots of ducks would migrate in every year. We had a pair of ducks nest in the back yard every year who refused to be scared off. We got in the habit of watching for the duckling's first swim lessons...which were adorable until they met the gentle wrath of the pool filter. Fortunately, my bedroom window overlooked the pool so I'd watch for ducklings and turn off the pool filter. Nesting ducks were fine but we didn't want to compete with ducklings to swim so I'd head out with the pool net and a basket lined with a towel. Each duckling was, in turn (tern?) scooped up and gently placed into the basket. They'd try to escape, but since they were babies they weren't very good at it - they'd duck underwater and swim furiously to escape until they got bored and/or tired at which point they'd bob to the surface like a cork. You could see the bubble around their down. I'm not quite sure how I made this work but after I got the ducklings in the basket I carried them to the nearby lake. The hen would follow - I generally held up a duckling which *PEEP*ed at momma, who quaked back. They were all released at the lake and (while I can't prove this) there were occasional ducks that gave me odd looks until I left.

By: duffell

duffell — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:52:06 -0800

Just returned to say this post fucking rules.