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Yes, human predators. In some cases the humans first trim the sensitive beaks of the muscovy. In others the vital flight feathers are cut, making this flight loving bird essentially crippled. Some are first kept prisoner before being eaten, where conditions can be akin to a concentration camp, most not even with access to the outdoors.Some are moved to much colder climes than are meant for them, with less down than other type of duck they do suffer frostbite. So yes the human is a lethal predator to the muscovy duck. In Florida, the only people who ate the Muskovy to my knowledge were the Vietnamese. The alligator was definitely a predator, especially to Muskovy eggs and newly hatched Muscovy, which this contributor has personally witnessed.

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