# Ducklings saved from a watery grave at sea **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053 "2007-08-01T23:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/1 "2007-08-01T23:49:33Z")
And now they’re merrily [paddling about in a teacup.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471537&in_page_id=1770) Warning: Major AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW-inducing cuteness; may not be safe for diabetics. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/2 "2007-08-02T00:30:56Z")
Is that a really big teacup or really tiny ducklings? If the latter then that needs a double-squeeeeeeeeeeee! How cute! ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/3 "2007-08-02T04:54:21Z")
That’s got to be a huge teacup. The article says that the ducklings are only a few centimeters tall. That’s one inch. I call bullshit, unless **Colibri** tells me there is some species of micro duck. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/4 "2007-08-02T05:01:25Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] That’s got to be a huge teacup. The article says that the ducklings are only a few centimeters tall. That’s one inch. I call bullshit, unless **Colibri** tells me there is some species of micro duck. [/QUOTE] Micro ducks would be cool! They’d make great pets. You could keep them in a hamster cage equipped with a teacup for swimming or maybe a duck terrarium … with a teacup for swimming. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/5 "2007-08-02T05:08:32Z")
I have just died of cuteness. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/6 "2007-08-02T05:12:47Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] That’s got to be a huge teacup. The article says that the ducklings are only a few centimeters tall. That’s one inch. I call bullshit, unless **Colibri** tells me there is some species of micro duck. [/QUOTE] I’m not **Colibri** , but there are fairly small ducks out there. I can’t find figures for ducklings, but the mallard, your common-or-garden-variety duck, is 55-65 cm long when an adult; the common teal is a bit over half that size, 34-38 cm long as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/7 "2007-08-02T05:35:57Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] That’s got to be a huge teacup. The article says that the ducklings are only a few centimeters tall. That’s one inch. I call bullshit, unless **Colibri** tells me there is some species of micro duck. [/QUOTE] An inch isn’t even 3 cen so I think we need to give some lattitude about what they mean by “few.” The mallard duckings I had as a kid were less than 10 cen high when we got them. Isn’t that still “a few”? And **matt\_mcl** may be right about them being teals. I first thought they were mallard duckings, but the pictures of teal duckings I dug up look almost identical to those of mallards. On the other hand, there’s no shortage of over-sized tea cups. Some of them hold more than a pint! ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/8 "2007-08-02T06:10:46Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] I can’t find figures for ducklings, but the mallard, your common-or-garden-variety duck, is 55-65 cm long when an adult; the common teal is a bit over half that size, 34-38 cm long as an adult. [/QUOTE] OK, I believe you. Here’s an [article](http://www.gamebird.com/ducksgeeseswans.html) with a photo of a naturalist holding a Hottentot Teal and two eggs. The eggs are pretty dang small. Maybe she has huge Shaquille O’Neal hands. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-saved-from-a-watery-grave-at-sea/414053/9 "2007-08-02T13:52:46Z")
[QUOTE=BaneSidhe] I have just died of cuteness. [/QUOTE] I’m right there with you.