Interesting facts about ducks!

 1-There are domestic ducks!!!
     
    There ducks that you can have as pets!!
 
 2-Until the 19th century people wrote with duck and goose feathers

 3-Can Ducks eat bread?
 
    NO! Ducks should not eat bread, they dont get any nutritional value, and they just get fat

 4-The yolk of duck eggs is denser than that of chicken eggs
 
 5-They need a lot of water and space, at least 1 liter a day
 
 6-They can't feel temperature in their feet
 
 7-Ducks have six eyelids, three on each eye.
 
 8-Fun Facts about Mandarin Duck
 
    It comes from East Asia

    It has symbolic meaning: love and friendship
    
    Its not a duck
 
 

    

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