# Irish cat cares for three ducklings **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231 "2014-04-16T02:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/21 "2014-04-18T01:16:41Z")
The video was adorable, but I laughed out loud when they showed the grown ducks solemnly following the mother cat, even though at that point they were bigger than her. SO CUTE. ::dies:: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/22 "2014-04-18T01:21:37Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > The video was adorable, but I laughed out loud when they showed the grown ducks solemnly following the mother cat, even though at that point they were bigger than her. SO CUTE. ::dies:: [Imprinting.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_%28psychology%29) ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/23 "2014-04-18T01:23:12Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Imprinting.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_%28psychology%29) Yes, thank you, I know what imprinting is. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/24 "2014-04-18T07:00:39Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > Will the ducklings teach the kittens to swim? Sure, when the kittens teach the ducklings to meow, purr and chase mice! πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/25 "2014-04-18T07:39:48Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Yes, thank you, I know what imprinting is. πŸ™‚ Still don’t understand why the Mother would take them in, especially since she just gave birth (protection instinct). Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/26 "2014-04-18T18:03:34Z")
Holy freakin Jebus. Shot through the heart with cute, I am. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/27 "2015-02-24T06:50:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, if you insist: [http://sarathings.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/leprechan-ella.jpg](http://sarathings.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/leprechan-ella.jpg) Such a darling wee kitty! And with green eyes yet! πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/28 "2015-02-24T11:27:07Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Still don’t understand why the Mother would take them in, especially since she just gave birth (protection instinct). Any ideas? It’s exactly the fact that she just gave birth. Her hormones are crazy and she wants to PROTECT AND NUTURE ALL THE THINGS. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/29 "2015-02-24T15:09:01Z")
:: purrs :: ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/30 "2015-02-24T15:59:12Z")
Ducks can suckle? πŸ˜• Something strange going on there. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231/31 "2015-02-24T16:24:23Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Ducks can suckle? πŸ˜• > > Something strange going on there. This as my first thought. After I picked my squee drenched self of the floor that is. Thanks for sharing this, **EH**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-cat-cares-for-three-ducklings/686231.md?page=1)