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Yesterday we took a look at baby ducks, so today we're taking a look at adult ones! You might be wondering why- a duck's a duck, isn't it? But there are way more types of ducks than just the common mallard and mandarin, and many of them have specifically been bred for some purpose, be it to serve as ornamental ducks or for meat or eggs. Some ducks might've originally been farmed, but then been supplanted by more popular breeds and are now kept mostly as pets.

They also show a wide range of behaviour- the Indian Runner duck, as seen below, is particularly notable because it stands upright and instead of waddling, runs. You can take a look at some of them in a video here, and why they're surprisingly useful to have around if you've got a large garden.

And because this is still about cute- here's a video of some tiny ducks trying very hard to get over a step that's larger than they are. Determinded little birds.

wood duck

pekin duck

magpie duck

mandarin duck

And as for today's spider-

Here's a video of it in action, scooching around to make itself comfortable. As the video says it's known as Sicarius terrosus, and belongs to the genus of assassin spiders.

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They're very speedy and lie in wait for their prey, and are generally known for the whole YAY SAND herp sand behaviour. Despite being pretty venomous, they don't really bite humans much at all- mostly this is because they just don't come into contact with humans at all, what with the whole living in the desert thing. Also, unlike the more commonly featured jumping spiders, these guys only have six eyes, but are no less sensitive. They might be a little scary, but chances are they won't ever pose much danger to you. Here are a few more pictures of them:

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1) The Assassin Spiders sound like an 90's Industrial-metal band.

2. Love the books but the wood duck reminds me that woodchuck tongue twister only it would be, How much wood would a wood duck dunk, if wood duck could dunk wood? Try saying that three times fast.

The first duck is so colourful!!!

And did you notice how ducks' beaks look like dogs? I was strangely reminded of this...

http://www.geekosystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ducks-dog-masks.jpeg

Love the photo of the mallard - they're so common, at least around where I live, but it's rare to really catch the iridescence on their head and the wing-flashes like that.

If you live in an area where there are big white farm ducks and mallards both, you can often catch really interesting-looking hybrids. I was out for a walk near the local canal, and saw quite a few that were colored like the Swedish blue duck or the Muscovy, but that I'm fairly sure were just crossbreeds, and possibly even juvenile crossbreeds, since birds can look pretty different in their first feathers than they do after their first adult molt.

Assassin spiders! Neat!

Why are ducks so cute? And the pekin duck looks so happy!

Edited 2012-08-23 05:12 (UTC)

Love the ducks.

Could you feature Araneus quadratus one day please? Got a few of the brown ones in my garden and they scare the shit out of me if they're somewhere unexpected, so a cute pic might help.

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More ducks! And a burrowing spider, to boot.

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