Group: alt.support.dissociation · Group Profile
Author: confusedconfused Date: May 17, 2008 16:17
cometz wrote:
> Kat asked me to post stuff about feeding ducks so here it is. we
> stopped feeding our local ducks bread cause of reading this, but they
> are in hog heaven at the moment cause we have had lots of amazing
> rains and the world here is incredibly lush so i figure they are good
> for now, anyway.
>
> the other day i had to stop the car on the street a block from the
> park cause three ducks were meandering up on the street. it was like
> the book 'make room for ducklings.' i finally had to get out of the
> car and shoo them over to a yard. silly ducks.
>
did I start all this duck stuff?
yeah, I guess I was thinking of some of the parks I've seen that have seed
dispensers
speaking as a biologist... *small* quantities of bread is probably ok. the
reason they say not to feed bread is that if everyone feeds a small quantity
then it ends up being a lot. the arguement that ducks (or any other animal)
will become dependant drives me a bit nuts. it's highly complicated and you
just can't make blanket statements like that with any accuracy. the urban
ducks you find around parks are generally already unnatural and already
dependant.
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