Well, compare those ducklings above with these numbers: 1, 29, 137, 31, 89, 23, 37 and 40 for an average of 55.
True instincts, like turtles making their way to the sea or ducklings bonding with their mothers, require no learning.
In fact, drake penises come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes that are thought by students of the subject to be part of an arms race to ensure that it is the owner's sperm that fertilise the next generation of ducklings, rather than anybody else's.The question is, an arms race against whom?
ABN AMRO, the Dutch bank that not so long ago was considered one of the uglier ducklings of the banking industry, is not short of suitors.
"You go through a lot of ugly ducklings".
An average clutch contains about 12 eggs; the ducklings hatch in about 30 days, and the next day they follow the female from the nest, jumping as far as 15 m to the ground unharmed.
They usually run with wings raised, resembling young ducklings in gait.
Among mallard ducklings imprinting is most feasible about 15 hours after hatching.
In mallard ducklings and domestic chicks, imprinting can be accomplished in a few hours, but receptivity to imprinting stimuli vanishes at the age of about 30 hours.
Cute baby creatures are adorable; lambs gambolling in a field, fluffy ducklings in a nest or kittens playing with a ball of wool can make even the hardest soul melt.
