# I saw a duckfight

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-duckfight/300310 "2005-04-20T20:44:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-duckfight/300310/21 "2005-04-21T16:53:15Z")

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> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#):
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> I was proud of him too. 🙂

Chivalry is not dead.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-duckfight/300310/22 "2005-04-21T17:29:29Z")

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> [@KRC](#):
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> Ducks tend to be absentee fathers too. I once saw a mother duck sailing down the creek behind my parents’ house with a long string of ducklings behind her. The daddy ducks were off by themselves chatting (quacking) to each other.

The mothers aren’t any great shakes either, unfortunately. We used to hang around Lake Merritt in Oakland where there were mallards and seagulls. The poor babies never had a chance.

Canada geese are a whole 'nother story, though.

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