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Unfortunately, yes. Sometime during breeding season the male becomes so worked up about mating with a female that he will charge and try to rape her. Yep, the term is "rape" just like in the human world. But the females are usually pretty fast and run or when they get really mad, the females usually directly confront the males. And once she takes that aggressive posture and lets out a few warning quacks, the male usually walks away.
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∙ 9y agoSometimes ducks will kill an offspring if they feel there is something wrong with it. If the duckling had a deformity, perhaps that humans could not detect, the mother will kill it so that there is more food for the other ducklings.
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∙ 12y agoThey are not attacking another gang; what you probably saw was groups of males fighting over a female.
During the breeding season, sometimes there are not enough female ducks to go around, so the male ducks all try to gang up on a single female. When this occurs, conflict happens as all the males wants the same female.
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∙ 15y agoDo you mean forever or for a short while?
If forever, it may be because she thought they weren't healthy, or something happened to her, like hit-by-car.
If you mean for a little bit of time, she was probably going out to find food or water.
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∙ 13y agoI learned this from experience with them. If you see them hurt or injured leave them to her. She might help them and if she doesn't then she won't. You can bring them in if they can keep their neck up and look good and are only slightly injured. Other wise, leave them with their mother, outside because it is sad to see them die.
Note: I have been told by numerous wildlife, avian, agriculture, veterinary ppl that it is a MYTH that mother birds of any species will abandon or kill their young if touched by humans.
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∙ 14y agoI have never heard of a mother duck killing her baby, so something might be wrong with the mother duck.
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It is not common for mother ducks to kill their ducklings but the male ducks, (Including the father), will kill the young for territorial reasons.
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∙ 7y agoMale ducks chase and attack female ducks as a part of a dominance ritual which occurs before mating. Basically, this is duck foreplay. The male will generally be nicer to the female if she lies down in front of him and lets him literally walk all over her.
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Why does a female mallard kill its own young?
This is usually because the female duck is a single mother who is trying to protect her ducklings from intruding males who may try to attack them. However, mother ducks are also known to attack drakes that are fathers to their ducklings, too, because the father duck, unlike the mother, has little to no feelings for the ducklings and would often quack at them if they come too close to him, which the mother takes it offensively and reacts with violence, chasing him off.
What happens if you put a duck in the microwave?
you'll kill him...and why would want to do that anyway?- but however if it is the duck that you can actually eat (yum) the you can just eat it up without worrying about a thing!
Can ducks kill lions?
Depends on what kind of snake bites the duck, if it is poisonous it could make the duck sick or could kill it. If it is just a normal water snake the I doubt that it will be able to kill the duck.
Would a deer eat a duck dead or not?
Despite being omnivorous, Deer (like the great apes) will only feast on carrion. Short answer: yes, but it won't kill the duck for food.
Can you touch an duck egg and the mom will come back?
no you can not touch an duck egg and the mom will come back because the mom will get jealous and kill there babies so dont touch a duck egg
Why would a mink kill a duckling?
Minks are predators and a duckling is a reasonably sized prey.
Can a baby beaver survive without mother?
If it has a human to care for it, yes it can. But a duckling in the wild could not survive without it's mother. It would be easy prey and the elements and hunger would kill it if an other animal did not.
What are things that are dangerous to duckling?
ducklings are weak so things such as foxes and dogs, and even the odd cat can harm or kill a duckling. build a fence. chicken wire is good. heat is also a killer. put a water dish big/deep enough for the duck to swim.
Why dad ducks kill there babies?
Because they dont really know how to take care of their babies and to him they're food. And they dont really kill their babies. I improved your answer (grammatically and spelling-wise), but it's not quite right. Ducks are pescitarians. It means that they are vegetarians, but they eat fish. A duck will not eat a cat, or another bird, why would it eat a duckling? Mother and father ducks both on occasion will kill their own offspring, mostly for a territorial reasons, and sometimes because they are in a low food area, and can't afford to have more competition for food. It is much more common for male ducks to kill their young, but not unheard of for mother ducks to as well.
Can baking soda kill a duck?
yes they can kill a duck they are very diseaseful
Why does a female mallard kill its own young?
This is usually because the female duck is a single mother who is trying to protect her ducklings from intruding males who may try to attack them. However, mother ducks are also known to attack drakes that are fathers to their ducklings, too, because the father duck, unlike the mother, has little to no feelings for the ducklings and would often quack at them if they come too close to him, which the mother takes it offensively and reacts with violence, chasing him off.
How much damage can BB gun do to a duck?
Depending on how far away you are from the duck, you would severely injure it, probably kill it if you were close enough.
Would a otter kill a duck?
Its possible. In 1997 an otter was accused of killing about 60 hens. Why?
How do you create a paradox?
go back in time and kill your mother, then you would not exist anymore, but then your mom wouldn't be dead, then you would exist and kill your mother, ect.
What happens if you put a duck in the microwave?
you'll kill him...and why would want to do that anyway?- but however if it is the duck that you can actually eat (yum) the you can just eat it up without worrying about a thing!
Can a duck kill a puma?
Yes the puma could choke on the duck's bill or the duck could give the puma mercury poisoning after it eats the duck.
Can ducks kill lions?
Depends on what kind of snake bites the duck, if it is poisonous it could make the duck sick or could kill it. If it is just a normal water snake the I doubt that it will be able to kill the duck.
