Woman Has Double the Fun with Wild and Domestic Ducks



Is there such a thing as having too many ducks? Tara Poole lives in Victoria, Australia, and has ducks and chickens. While she was raising her own set of domestic ducklings, someone from a wildlife group who knew Poole contacted her about taking in a clutch of abandoned ducklings. These were Australian wood ducks, a wild species that proved to be quite different from barnyard ducks. The ducklings apparently imprinted on Poole and her husband. They hung out with the domestic ducks and learned to swim. The wood ducks started flying all at the same time, and Poole expected them to fly the coop eventually. But the wood ducks decided farm life was good enough. Instead of heading into the wild, the now-grown ducks follow their humans around everywhere and cuddle with Tara. They even critique her fashion choices! It's a good thing she loves ducks, because she is stuck with them.   


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