# Ducks remind me of fighter jets **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021 "2013-06-03T10:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/21 "2013-06-04T10:38:25Z")
> [@For You](#): > > Looks like a target arrow to me. Used to hunt a fighter jet. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/22 "2013-06-04T17:54:06Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > What kind of jet fighter can’t shrug off a hunter’s arrow? > [http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/azdailysun.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/d5/9d5ba5f2-670f-11e2-895e-0019bb2963f4/5102b8c738495.preview-620.jpg](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/azdailysun.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/d5/9d5ba5f2-670f-11e2-895e-0019bb2963f4/5102b8c738495.preview-620.jpg) Years from now, when the hunter’s door bursts open and that duck is there, arrow and all, the hunter will know- It was only a matter of time. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/23 "2013-06-04T18:49:12Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > Years from now, when the hunter’s door bursts open and that duck is there, arrow and all, the hunter will know- > > It was only a matter of time. 😛 Are you Seth McFarlane? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/24 "2013-06-04T19:26:37Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Ducks remind me of fighter jets. > > They have large heavy bodies and small wings, which means two things: > > -they fly fast for their size (but not ridiculously so, like small songbirds)… Ducks are among the fastest bird in level flight. Check out [this list](http://www.thetravelalmanac.com/lists/birds-speed.htm): of the top 10 fastest birds in level flight, 5 are duck species. Ducks can regularly exceed 100 kmh, which is pretty respectable, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/25 "2013-06-04T19:41:09Z")
Further to my last post, sorry to disagree with the OP but birds of prey = fighter jets, ducks are more like ground-attack aircraft, eg the Su-25 Frogfoot or A-10 Warthog 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/26 "2013-06-04T19:52:48Z")
Ducks as nature’s fighter jets? That’s a pretty quack theory. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/27 "2013-06-04T20:22:36Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Ducks as nature’s fighter jets? That’s a pretty quack theory. Sorry, we are going to have to bill you for that ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/28 "2013-06-04T20:29:28Z")
No. More like bombers. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/29 "2013-06-04T21:13:52Z")
Now that I think of it, [ducks bear very little resemblance to fighter jets](http://www.dukw.com/images/dukwbig.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/30 "2013-06-04T22:15:00Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > You know how when you see a bunch of ducks flying in a “V” formation one side of the V is usually longer than the other? Do you know why that is? > > It’s because > > there are more ducks on that side. 😛 Apparently because one got shot down. ---
**Author:** ![slowlearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowlearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowlearner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021/31 "2013-06-05T01:11:01Z")
Two A-10 pilots were showing off at the lake last summer, just incredibly maneuverable jets, and awfully deadly even on a fine summer day. They have nothing in common with birds. I love to sit in a marsh on the coast in winter and watch the Teal play, they take off in small flocks, circle way upwind then come storming back to the marsh to splash in with hardly seeming to slow down. I can believe they fly 100 mph. But I could swear an A-10 can make square turns… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-remind-me-of-fighter-jets/660021.md?page=1)