Thread: Do you think i am really stupid ?

parries pair up and stayed paired for the most part....if you shoot one,as SS has said,life is ended and the remaining bird will "live to love again",there must be the occasional divorce but it gets hushed up.
I BELIEVE greys stay in their pairs
Mallards however live by the four F mantra
comparing KIWI mallards to American mallards is dumb...nest predation over there has snakes n coyotes to take into account compared to our mustilids and cats which they also have....
there has been ooodles of research over the years about greylards...grey mallard crosses/crossing it appears to be contrary to what you would think...its actually grey drakes pairing with mallard hens that produce the most offspring...MAYBE because dad sticks around to help out...unlike the hen who is woed by the shiney green head who has his wicked way,often in a right royal gangbang session with his buddies then buggers off to find next hen,leaving hen with fertilized eggs and NO HELP at all.
Ive seen mallard gangbanging mobs chase hen away from her brood (dont care if she has headache or not in mood) the ducklings were out in open paddock with no help at all and hawks got stuck in while Mum was trying to get away from drakes
the absolute worst Ive seen was a road killed hen on grass verge outside our yard...DRAKES kept visiting for 3 days till ground was muddy all around her by now cold carcass.....I did nt actually see any necrophilia happen but hen was looking rather worse for wear as days progressed.

Dunno what this thread is about just read title

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Dunno what this thread is about just read title

Yes upon reflection it is a silly title.. my bad.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

parries pair up and stayed paired for the most part....if you shoot one,as SS has said,life is ended and the remaining bird will "live to love again",there must be the occasional divorce but it gets hushed up.
I BELIEVE greys stay in their pairs
Mallards however live by the four F mantra
comparing KIWI mallards to American mallards is dumb...nest predation over there has snakes n coyotes to take into account compared to our mustilids and cats which they also have....
there has been ooodles of research over the years about greylards...grey mallard crosses/crossing it appears to be contrary to what you would think...its actually grey drakes pairing with mallard hens that produce the most offspring...MAYBE because dad sticks around to help out...unlike the hen who is woed by the shiney green head who has his wicked way,often in a right royal gangbang session with his buddies then buggers off to find next hen,leaving hen with fertilized eggs and NO HELP at all.
Ive seen mallard gangbanging mobs chase hen away from her brood (dont care if she has headache or not in mood) the ducklings were out in open paddock with no help at all and hawks got stuck in while Mum was trying to get away from drakes
the absolute worst Ive seen was a road killed hen on grass verge outside our yard...DRAKES kept visiting for 3 days till ground was muddy all around her by now cold carcass.....I did nt actually see any necrophilia happen but hen was looking rather worse for wear as days progressed.

Where did i make the comparison between NZ and Nth America ? All i did was put up a bit of information of what potentially could happen or BE HAPPENING. I clearly stated that i have not been able to find the sex ratio of NZ mallard ducks.

Both grey and mallard ducks are seasonally monogamous.

Yes

mallards are seasonally monogamous....REALLY??????????? Isuggest you need to get out more and actually open your eyes..mallard drakes use the four F mantra

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

mallards are seasonally monogamous....REALLY??????????? Isuggest you need to get out more and actually open your eyes..mallard drakes use the four F mantra

4 F's? I didn't know they had fingers?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

mallards are seasonally monogamous....REALLY??????????? Isuggest you need to get out more and actually open your eyes..mallard drakes use the four F mantra

A few posts back you were telling us that grey ducks mated for life, that was wrong .

Now you are arguing with scientists telling us that they dont know what they are saying ?
Grey duck | New Zealand Birds Online
read the first sentence under the headline "Breeding"
Mallard | New Zealand Birds Online
Read the second sentence under the headline "Breeding".

find them,
feel them,
fornicate/f#%$ them
and then forget them
but yes,maybe little feeling going on,thought if made it 3 Fs someone would get confused......ho hum

NZ DOESNT have coyotes or snakes...so our predation WILL/HAS to be different.....
NO I didnt say greys mated for life....I said they paired up and I believe they stayed paired up and DAD stuck around to help raise kids....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

NZ DOESNT have coyotes or snakes...so our predation WILL/HAS to be different.....
NO I didnt say greys mated for life....I said they paired up and I believe they stayed paired up and DAD stuck around to help raise kids....

It doesnt matter a rats arse to a mallard hen what it is eaten by is my guess...

Grey ducks, nah dad doesnt hang around as you said..

YES