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The latest episode of the PBS show Nature, "An Original DUCKumentary" aired here on Sunday night.

The North American wood duck nests in a tree hole, sometimes as high as sixty feet up. Often the nest is located over water, but not always. Either way, the day-old ducklings don't get to walk out. They have to jump.

Here's a clip from the episode, in which a nervous duckling, with her mother's encouragement, takes a leap of faith.



In this next clip, from the BBC's Planet Earth, an entire brood of Mandarin ducklings (a species closely related to wood ducks) takes to the air.

Date: 2016-08-05 03:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] casey28.livejournal.com
Wow, that's a big jump! I've never seen ducklings do this before. So awesome. :D

Date: 2016-08-06 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com
Thanks for coming by and commenting :) I love how they bounce :D

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