I believe this is a learned behavior and not natural instinct for several reasons. If this were natural instincts she would be doing it to get food, which she isn’t. Additionally natural instincts don’t suddenly appear at five years old and if this were a natural instinct, Raven wouldn’t have learned it from Munchkin. It’s also been mistaken for blowing bubbles or clearing her nares & I can assure you it’s not that either. These behaviors both look very different
To me it looks like they're looking to see what's at the bottom of the body of water. Like, if it was a pond they'd be full on submerging looking for stuff.
I live in England, and the local ducks (wild) who frequent a nearby canal do sometimes dip their heads underwater when edibles (not that kind) are thrown their way. Could it be that they are checking to see if they are missing anything? Regardless, Munchkin sure ♥loves ♥water!! 🤗🤗
We own ducks here in the farm and I'm pretty sure it actually is instinct. Ducks dive their heads deep in the muddy water to try and catch swimming insects or worms underneath the mud. Yes, there are insects found there, like mole crickets.
It's instinct. Even if there is no food at the bottom of the bucket, that's what ducks do in the wild, and that's enough for an explanation. Instinct is often stronger than logic. My rescue pet sparrow often takes his dust bath whenever he comes on my laptop keyboard, are there's no dust at all there 😂. It's just an instinctual species behavior. Your ducks are adorable and are lucky to have a loving home 😊.
Sparrow doing a dustless dust bath on your computer. Well, is your keyboard dusty? No? Thank your birb. Your birb friend is a walking featherduster. :D If it is dusty, well... Birb friend tried his best. :T
Okay but why suddenly half way though her life span. I would be conserned if a (indoor) cat suddenly started burrying it’s poops and bringing me prey after 6 years even though that is natural behavior
@@VincentMothlingthen you need to toughen up and stop acting insane. Animals like humans are always learning and evolving their behaviour throughout their lives. You either haven't had many pets or you just straight up ignored them. Because yea it's normal. You sound like you have Munchausens. ☠️🤡☠️🤦♀️🤯🤷♀️🤣
Study ducks in the wild. Swans also. They instinctively plunge their heads underwater to search or forage for plant food growing below. It doesn't matter if it's a bucket. It feels good to a duck.
I think they do this, because its the natural thing to do when they are swimming on a pond, river or lake, and spy some tasty larva or bug under or on the survice of the water. They eat better with water. They have a bill, not a peak. They dont peck. I think water also helps them to must up hard things. 😊 Lovely Clip ❤
The wild ducks I see every day do this all the time. Ducks eat algae and other stuff in the water ways, so they are not going to drown. They are ducks. They usually spend most of their time in the water. OMG....😂
She said so they don't choke bit i agree as to this couod be the reason they do this , instinct also maybe it feels nice to cool off there head or get some peace underwater , idk I'm not inside the mind of a duck but I could vibe with both of those amoung other explanations being the reason but yeah she didn't mention drawing, she mentioned choking
@@SaVaGe-513 It is hyperbole, because it is over the top to be worried about a duck behaving like ducks do naturally, for thousands of years‼️She is not watching them 24/7 time.
I think they do it because it’s their way of looking for food a nutrients specially in mud, water, grass. But it doesn’t make sense if the food is right there in the bowl lol
Perfectly normal behaviour. They are 'dabbling' for food (it's instinctive). They use their beaks to feel around for underwater vegetation (moss etc) or insects and critters. If the bowl was larger and deeper, like a pond, they'd go tail up in it...
And if one duck was doing it, that must mean there’s food. So the other duck starts. One could argue she’s tricking them so she gets more food. Not impossible, but idk much about ducks so I can’t say it’s very probable either.
Exactly. My mom owns eight beautiful ducks, all females, for the purpose of getting rid of pests on our small farm such as slugs and insects and even mosquitoes, and we get the bonus benefit of duck eggs each day as well for food instead of buying chicken eggs from the store. I helped raise them as well and they’re not even a year old yet but will be in a few weeks. That said, I’ve seen our ducks dive like this in our pond, so I can confirm it’s a natural behavior. It’s partially instinctive yet also in part learned behavior, they’re not quite born knowing exactly how to do it but they have the ingrained intuition to help them learn as they observe from their peers. Not to mention they are also curious and they study things with their eyes and their beaks in order to learn about the world around them.
@@queentrinicorn9441 agreed totally. We need to know whether you have found out what Munchkin and Raven are doing when they have their heads under the water. And, if so, what specifically are they doing. Under there.
They’re dabbling ducks; meaning they dabble in the water with their bills to sift through the water and get food particles. They have teeth in their bills that act like a strainer. Perfectly natural behavior
Yep, my mallard does this even if her bowl only has water in it. Though no one ever let her know she's supposed to be a dabbling duck cuz she also dives and swims completely underwater, almost completely to the ground when she is swimming at the beach, in a lake, a creek, doesn't matter to her. Lmao
I believe this is her looking for things at the bottom of the water. In lakes there’s usually things like plants bugs fish and other things. I think this behavior is sifting through the bottom of the mud at the bottom to find these. Maybe if you can find something you can feed her that sinks to mix into her food she can eat the feed and find her little treats at the bottom 😁
I agree. I have done water count studies. And larval bugs attach themselves to the bottom of rocks maybe because there are maggots in the food, aside from the pellets it is a natural thing to do.
@@cupcakelove007 :- They will sometimes eat from the surface, such as floating duck weed, or thrown bread. But the bonanza feed would be protein ( worms, larva, small fish) found on the bottom or lower in the water column.
Yes, insects may hide on the bottom of small rivers or shallow lakes. And they can efficiently scan and filter through that material, spit out the rocks and eat the food, that is the insects that are hiding there or just the green plants that grow in more or less shallow water. Ducks also can dive to find something to eat.
Watching loons, ducks, geese, and swans do this during their constant migrating in my area, possibly algae and/or bugs. Before you think there aren’t any algae or bugs in the dish, I found a diving beetle in my HANGING birdbath that’s hardly a standard measuring cup. They will dive anywhere there’s cover
Normal Duck behaviour when they float across rivers or ponds in search of food they often dive...for them its a natural procedure plus they are waterproof ...as we know ducks love water...☝🏾🤔💯🔥
Maby she just realized, that water with food taste is tastier than plain water so she digs her head under to drink without food getting in the way. The other ducks saw this, tried it, and liked it
Ducks naturally 'sift' when near water or in ponds. Its a natural function in the wild in ponds etc.. The mud provides minerals yum yum wormies and keeps pooping very loose. All ducks do this, put less water and replace with fine shredded greens, sprinkle shell grit for calcium once a week and some meal worms occasionally too. 🇦🇺👌
Wild ducks normally eat food at the bottom of the pond they swim in because that’s where their food is. Your ducks probably don’t know that but it might just feel natural to them.
@@Fizzypopization She clearly is because it’s literally the reason she had to explain why she thinks it’s learnt otherwise she would’ve listened to the comments repeating the same thing
isnt that because the stuff they need is under water though? If these are captivity ducks and their food is floating, there's no need for them to do that, especially not in the food bowl when they probably have other sources of water
Ikr, They all do this as they float on water naturally they all dive under the water headfirst looking for food or whatever they do down there it’s totally common. Obviously this lady is city raised
@@Swingyu_ oh that's probably because they're freeze-dried and put in a plastic bag lol I never eat them bc I think loose mushy fruit in my drink is gross but I work there and I'd believe they taste like plastic honestly 😅
When I was a kid, we had ducks. They did this all the time. A man who lived near our summer home asked if we could bring him eggs, which he wanted to hatch. I raided their nests often in search of eggs & to keep up with new clutches. I was able to find almost a dozen fertilized eggs along with catching a couple of the ducklings in the week leading up to our trip. Our ducks did well in their new home. As for the eggs, 9 of the 12 hatched. One of the man’s female ducks took over their care. It’s been some 45+ years since I brought the ducks so far from their home to their new home. The multigenerational offspring are doing well. And, they all duck their heads under water like the ones here in the video.
@@daniellealghul6594 that's kinda what I was thinking with the duck! It's so cute 🥺 I've seen the videos.of baby elephants doing it and I just wanna hug em
I have alot of ducks and i have had them for thirty years. It is instinctive. Its what wild ducks do to filter out small invertebrates and micro organisms. Its normal behavior.
ago @EyadisticIsVibin' James has had multiple ducks over the course of 30 years, not a couple of ducks that have lived a span of 30 years lmfao. Come on dude 🦆
Most Water fowl do this because in the wild they filter mud through their "teeth" for small grubs and worms etc. Watch them in mud puddles. Regards from South Africa
They do this for a couple of reasons! 1. Dabbling is fun and you never know when you might nab a little fish, tadpole, or bug. 2. It's a great way to flush debris from the eye and membranes which protect it. 💁🏻♀️
She could be doing a filter feed thing that they do in the wild to turn up extra treats. Or she could be dunking her head the same way my dogs lay down in the pool after a walk.
It’s natural instinct for ducks to demonstrate that feeding behavior. It’s how they get bugs and things on the bottom of a pond. I’ve seen ducks do it in kiddie pools too. Lol
As a duck owner, ducks do this on ponds, riverbeds, and puddles. It's just their natural instinct for food. Not weird behavior. They also love digging up dirt for roots and bugs. I didn't know this before I owned ducks. I wish I had because my garden's a mess. Now I know which areas of my garden to let them loose in... 😉🤣
We have had pekin ducks on and off my whole life. During migration we would have wild ducks stop over and some just atayed. I can confirm this is a natural behavior for both wild and domestic ducks.
I've lived on a farm most my life and have had a lot of ducks, this really is a natural instinct when drinking for them. The duck is drinking and searching for food at the bottom like they would do in the wild in pond or puddle for worms, grubs, plant life, etc...
Right? It's like when someone gets a pet they forget all the "animal" behaviors of that species, idk why people think that way but it's very depressing because I think it's part of a failure of humanity as a whole...
This is natural instinct for ducks. They forage for underwater vegetation or critters using their beaks. Try using sinking food, she’ll be super happy.
I see ducks and geese dunk their head naturally into the water they are feeding in all the time. I go fishing, so I observe what all the animals are doing. I see ducks and geese naturally dunking their head into the water, usually to feed on seaweed on the bottom.
@@Queen_Bread no he is correct. Ducks indeed dip their heads underwater while Searching for food in lakes for example. So they treat this water bowl as a water surface like the lake and their natural instincts kick in.
@@yamoonallemoon1080 it doesn't take 5 years for instincts to kick in, and if that was the case wouldn't have been able to teach it to one and not the reat
A simply natural behavior from the duck. They love lakes and rivers to feed in and the weed growing from the bed of their chosen habitat has fleshy goodness that they dunk or dive down to retrieve
I believe this is a learned behavior and not natural instinct for several reasons. If this were natural instincts she would be doing it to get food, which she isn’t. Additionally natural instincts don’t suddenly appear at five years old and if this were a natural instinct, Raven wouldn’t have learned it from Munchkin. It’s also been mistaken for blowing bubbles or clearing her nares & I can assure you it’s not that either. These behaviors both look very different
To me it looks like they're looking to see what's at the bottom of the body of water. Like, if it was a pond they'd be full on submerging looking for stuff.
Cool
@@JUMB0V1SMA your name tho! 🏆😂😂
I live in England, and the local ducks (wild) who frequent a nearby canal do sometimes dip their heads underwater when edibles (not that kind) are thrown their way. Could it be that they are checking to see if they are missing anything? Regardless, Munchkin sure ♥loves ♥water!! 🤗🤗
Are they cleaning their nostrils?
"I'm not sure why they're doing this."
The duck:"WHERES THE FUCKING ICE CUBE?!"
Lmao😂😂😂😂
Omg 🤣
Lol
Right☠️
U could’ve said ducking 😭
"ayo there's flavored water down here"
Lmao
ThAts exactly it
I laughed too hard at this comment 😂
bro 😭😭
You're too funny! 😁
Don’t worry, it’s normal. I also dunk my whole head in my soup
Ya it’s very normal, I do the same thing
😂😂
Yo same!
I think because they are thirsty, it needs some water not only food
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We own ducks here in the farm and I'm pretty sure it actually is instinct. Ducks dive their heads deep in the muddy water to try and catch swimming insects or worms underneath the mud. Yes, there are insects found there, like mole crickets.
Yes but the lady in the video explained that when the duck is doing this she's not eating
Gotta get a clear bowl so we can see the underwater cuteness and see what she's pecking at. How cute!
Underwater cuteness! Yes!
LOVE this idea!!!!
I, uh, fourth this?
Agreed
Yes!
If I remember correctly that's what ducks do when they look for fish, ive seen wild ducks do it too
Exactly 😄
Thank you... It is instinct, natural behavior!
She said NOPE to the kibbles and worms and is looking for some fancy fish underneath. she knows what she wants.
@@random_person_on_internet no
@@vermontmom4232 no
I love how animals sometimes just look at other animals and go, oh, guess we’re doing this now
Humans do that too it's kinda funny 😭
If you see someone having fun (which I think is what she’s doing haha), you’d join them right?
Lol. Agree ☺️
Friends don't let other friends do dumb things alone. XD
My chickens will do this. Especially when they were younger & they were learning their "instincts". Animals are awesome. 🐔
It's instinct. Even if there is no food at the bottom of the bucket, that's what ducks do in the wild, and that's enough for an explanation. Instinct is often stronger than logic. My rescue pet sparrow often takes his dust bath whenever he comes on my laptop keyboard, are there's no dust at all there 😂. It's just an instinctual species behavior.
Your ducks are adorable and are lucky to have a loving home 😊.
Sparrow doing a dustless dust bath on your computer.
Well, is your keyboard dusty? No? Thank your birb. Your birb friend is a walking featherduster. :D
If it is dusty, well... Birb friend tried his best. :T
@@superwhatevergamin9634 😁
Okay but why suddenly half way though her life span. I would be conserned if a (indoor) cat suddenly started burrying it’s poops and bringing me prey after 6 years even though that is natural behavior
Lol. No dust that you can see! But your sparrow apparently can 😁
@@VincentMothlingthen you need to toughen up and stop acting insane. Animals like humans are always learning and evolving their behaviour throughout their lives. You either haven't had many pets or you just straight up ignored them. Because yea it's normal. You sound like you have Munchausens. ☠️🤡☠️🤦♀️🤯🤷♀️🤣
😂 She's looking for the strawberries and icecubes.
My thoughts exactly!
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that’s what I was thinking too
Yea she’s communicating that she don’t want that floaty stuff. Strawberryyy🍓🧊🍓🧊🍓🧊🍓🧊🍓🧊🍓🧊🍓🧊
Lol
Study ducks in the wild. Swans also. They instinctively plunge their heads underwater to search or forage for plant food growing below. It doesn't matter if it's a bucket. It feels good to a duck.
I was thinking the same thing. Seems pretty obvious to me to be honest. It’s not unusual behaviour for a duck at all.
It is unusual when the duck haven't done it for years.
@@hopelovewright4248 or when the food is right there on the surface
Yes I think youre right...I mean ducking is duck behaviour more than anything!
@@hopelovewright4248 it's called dabbling and it's in their DNA to do such. They forage for small plants, fish, and meal worms.
You should get a clear bucket to see what they are doing ❤
Brilliant
Right
Pweazeeee
Smort!!
Genius
I think they do this, because its the natural thing to do when they are swimming on a pond, river or lake, and spy some tasty larva or bug under or on the survice of the water.
They eat better with water. They have a bill, not a peak. They dont peck.
I think water also helps them to must up hard things. 😊
Lovely Clip ❤
As a duck, I was heavily influenced by this and this is now part of my daily life. I wanna say thanks to everything you have done for me.
wait your a duck
@@LightgirlDraws yes I sure am!
this is literally the best comment I've read in a long time... thank you for the smile and the input on behalf of the duck community..
As a duck, I agree
"QUACK".
She does it for content.
I can confirm i also started deep my whole head in my good soup.
Rotflmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was 5 i would stick my face in my cereal and eat like that and idk why it was just funny to me
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@stanleyyy427 is that not everybody😂
She’s probably looking for dehydrated Starbucks strawberries 😂
I understand this. I’m addicted to those things
@@manicmisfit7124 same 💀
The wild ducks I see every day do this all the time. Ducks eat algae and other stuff in the water ways, so they are not going to drown. They are ducks. They usually spend most of their time in the water. OMG....😂
She... didn't say the ducks would drown...?
She said so they don't choke bit i agree as to this couod be the reason they do this , instinct also maybe it feels nice to cool off there head or get some peace underwater , idk I'm not inside the mind of a duck but I could vibe with both of those amoung other explanations being the reason but yeah she didn't mention drawing, she mentioned choking
Where did u get drowning from? Not once did I hear her say anything about the duck drowning
@@SaVaGe-513
It is hyperbole, because it is over the top to be worried about a duck behaving like ducks do naturally, for thousands of years‼️She is not watching them 24/7 time.
"I'm not quite sure why they do this"
Cue me aggressively scrolling through comments to see if anybody knows why
I think they do it because it’s their way of looking for food a nutrients specially in mud, water, grass. But it doesn’t make sense if the food is right there in the bowl lol
to clear their nostrils. they like water.
Thnx
me too 😂😂😂
Me too!
I love that you have a duck named Raven, its like naming a dog 'cat' 😂
I had named a cat “dog” because it followed me all around the property likes dog one day.
WTF? The duck looks like a raven, cats don’t look like dogs.
I have a chicken named Raven. Totally normal.
I found some youtuber named his bird "eagle"
Its more like naming a cat 'lion'
Perfectly normal behaviour. They are 'dabbling' for food (it's instinctive). They use their beaks to feel around for underwater vegetation (moss etc) or insects and critters. If the bowl was larger and deeper, like a pond, they'd go tail up in it...
And if one duck was doing it, that must mean there’s food. So the other duck starts. One could argue she’s tricking them so she gets more food. Not impossible, but idk much about ducks so I can’t say it’s very probable either.
She's also used to being fed ice cube's she could be checking to see if there's any under there
Exactly. My mom owns eight beautiful ducks, all females, for the purpose of getting rid of pests on our small farm such as slugs and insects and even mosquitoes, and we get the bonus benefit of duck eggs each day as well for food instead of buying chicken eggs from the store. I helped raise them as well and they’re not even a year old yet but will be in a few weeks. That said, I’ve seen our ducks dive like this in our pond, so I can confirm it’s a natural behavior. It’s partially instinctive yet also in part learned behavior, they’re not quite born knowing exactly how to do it but they have the ingrained intuition to help them learn as they observe from their peers. Not to mention they are also curious and they study things with their eyes and their beaks in order to learn about the world around them.
Important question. Why would it suddenly manifest after 5 years of never doing it though
@samuelkent7482 then why would they start doing it randomly at 5 years old?
RIP Munchkin, you were such an amazing duck. 🕊
omg no 😢
To get the water. She loves water.
ena fan?
I love your pfp btw
@@gooberhopper25 It's the colors of the Python logo.
@@sheepish2159 oh, sorry though it was ena
Actually it's a survival/natural instinct.
"What are you doing?"
"Everyone knows the best food is at the bottom."
"Wait, really?!"
She literally said there is no food at the bottom because all the food floats
@@alyson4494 they’re just making a joke..
Hahaha... True
@@alyson4494 every thing in this world is floating. This is the philosophy.
That's what my schoolmates did 😂
Raven like "yo whatcha lookin for down therrr?" lol so cute!
Raven even got a hat for a few seconds from doing that :D
natural instict can never end 😂
Munchkin is a real Sweetheart. Get a clear transparent bowl so you can see what Munchkin and Raven are doing when their heads are under the water.
Smart
This!!! I'd love to see it too lol
She actually did this one time
Ugh we need an update video 😭
@@queentrinicorn9441 agreed totally. We need to know whether you have found out what Munchkin and Raven are doing when they have their heads under the water. And, if so, what specifically are they doing. Under there.
When they get the little biscuits stuck on their heads 😭
Fun fact: they do that cause there pregnant. Another fun fact there’s a pregnant man emoji.actually there’s two! And only 1 pregnant women emoji.
*goes back to watch*
*mealworm gets stuck*
Yeah, that's less cute 😂
@@KennSlays still…trans-gender people suck like have you met one in real life all the ones I met are buttholes
Biscuits???
@@fall9412 It’s a trans man. 🫃🏼🫄🏻It’s not like anybody uses them though anyways. It was added for transgender representation 😁
When there’s sugar dust at the bottom of the cereal bowl
LOL
HAHAHA
LMFAO
FR
SO RELATABLE LOL
A duck behaving like a duck. Amazing
Maybe next we can work out why the family cat keeps vibrating when he's happy 🤔😂
😂😂
Who would've thought?
Put a GoPro in the food bowl and see what's really going on down there.
'Now Trending on Quacker' ! 🎥🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🎥
Could be better to do a clear bowl and have a GoPro underneath that, maybe it’d be a slightly better view
Either way
We gotta know what’s happening
@@Rajclaw
Or just a clear bowl so she can film from the side. LOL
There’s a portal to Dunkin Donuts at the bottom of the bowl. I know cuz I asked Munchkin.
She’s hiding plans to take over the world
They’re dabbling ducks; meaning they dabble in the water with their bills to sift through the water and get food particles. They have teeth in their bills that act like a strainer. Perfectly natural behavior
Yeah this is what all ducks in water do, has she only ever been around ducks on land? poor ducks
Yeah but the reason it’s werid is cos they haven’t done it for 5 years
Yep, my mallard does this even if her bowl only has water in it. Though no one ever let her know she's supposed to be a dabbling duck cuz she also dives and swims completely underwater, almost completely to the ground when she is swimming at the beach, in a lake, a creek, doesn't matter to her. Lmao
my ducks did this naturally.....as soon as the duck senses the water is deeper than a normal food bowl or water bowl depth they dive and skim
@@Iflie it looks like theres a swimming pool type thing at the top of the video yk with water in it..
I believe this is her looking for things at the bottom of the water. In lakes there’s usually things like plants bugs fish and other things. I think this behavior is sifting through the bottom of the mud at the bottom to find these. Maybe if you can find something you can feed her that sinks to mix into her food she can eat the feed and find her little treats at the bottom 😁
I agree. I have done water count studies. And larval bugs attach themselves to the bottom of rocks maybe because there are maggots in the food, aside from the pellets it is a natural thing to do.
This is the comment I've been looking for, this is actually normal behavior... just a wrong setting
@@cupcakelove007 :- They will sometimes eat from the surface, such as floating duck weed, or thrown bread. But the bonanza feed would be protein ( worms, larva, small fish) found on the bottom or lower in the water column.
Not liking because it has 666
I know it's not a duck but my goose does the same thing. 🤣❤️
This is the most natural thing a duck or goose would do in water.
This is a natural instinct. Wild ducks stick their heads under the water to find and eat bugs, small fish and underwater plants. It’s called dabbling!
Yep. I think it also cools them. I wouldn't be surprised if they started doing this during warmer weather
That's what I thought, but I was searching the comments to be sure lol
🙌🏻🎉
You'd think she would know this being a duck expert and all.. lol 😆
I see the ducks in the park do this all the time!!
They do that in the wild. What do you expect? It looks like a duck, acts like a duck, is a duck!🦆
Yes, insects may hide on the bottom of small rivers or shallow lakes. And they can efficiently scan and filter through that material, spit out the rocks and eat the food, that is the insects that are hiding there or just the green plants that grow in more or less shallow water.
Ducks also can dive to find something to eat.
Watching loons, ducks, geese, and swans do this during their constant migrating in my area, possibly algae and/or bugs. Before you think there aren’t any algae or bugs in the dish, I found a diving beetle in my HANGING birdbath that’s hardly a standard measuring cup. They will dive anywhere there’s cover
Snails.
But does it taste like a duck?
@@pikminlord1112🤭🤭🤭
She has influenced me to stick my head in my cereal each morning😂😂
I do that everyday it's called being tired ✨
So whose pet are you 😂..? No offense 😁.
@@rahulrio5890 a stray dog😂😂😂
niicee😂
Normal Duck behaviour when they float across rivers or ponds in search of food they often dive...for them its a natural procedure plus they are waterproof ...as we know ducks love water...☝🏾🤔💯🔥
Maby she just realized, that water with food taste is tastier than plain water so she digs her head under to drink without food getting in the way.
The other ducks saw this, tried it, and liked it
This was my guess too
This seems the most plausible
That is exactly what I was thinking!
Yeah my dog drinks her broth gravy before eating the food.
Cereal Milk
"Oh yeah! That's Raven, my duck."
What a mindfuck
@@awesomearsam1890 mindduck.
@@samuelkanervamaki5765 mindquack
@@GrindyVine *quack*
*Squack*
Ducks naturally 'sift' when near water or in ponds. Its a natural function in the wild in ponds etc.. The mud provides minerals yum yum wormies and keeps pooping very loose. All ducks do this, put less water and replace with fine shredded greens, sprinkle shell grit for calcium once a week and some meal worms occasionally too. 🇦🇺👌
This👍
Spot on. I was about to say something like this. 👍
Actually useful comment!
You’ve won the internet today 🏆
This is very accurate!
Bump
It's a ducks instinct , usually in the wild searching for food when they don't submerge underwater
Wild ducks normally eat food at the bottom of the pond they swim in because that’s where their food is. Your ducks probably don’t know that but it might just feel natural to them.
Pinned comment explains why she doesn’t think it’s natural behaviour !
I think she’s aware wild ducks do this
Yeah that's why you see ducks diving under the water but they don't come up fish
@@edz4prez204 clearly not because she thinks this is weird when it's actually perfectly normal.
@@Fizzypopization She clearly is because it’s literally the reason she had to explain why she thinks it’s learnt otherwise she would’ve listened to the comments repeating the same thing
I agree!
« I don’t know why she does that! »
Every single duck out there : *sticking their head in water*
Right?
Exactly. Ducks on the lake/pond have their whole butts in the air while the dip their heads into the water. It’s so cute.
isnt that because the stuff they need is under water though? If these are captivity ducks and their food is floating, there's no need for them to do that, especially not in the food bowl when they probably have other sources of water
Ikr, They all do this as they float on water naturally they all dive under the water headfirst looking for food or whatever they do down there it’s totally common. Obviously this lady is city raised
“I TRIED STICKING MY WHOLE HEAD INTO THE FOOD BUCKET (NOT CLICKBAIT!!)”
Sounds like good title for munchkin 😂..
You forgot the 3am and (gone wrong)
Forgot the (gone shrexual?!?)
If munchkin ran her own account😂
I stick my head in my food all the time I usually like to do cereal or soup
have you never seen wild ducks doing this?
😳
Probably looking for some of those incredibly sugary starbucks “strawberries”
Whyd u put the strawberries in quotations lol
@@beleiveinthemagic123 cuz Starbucks strawberries taste so fake😭
@@Swingyu_ oh that's probably because they're freeze-dried and put in a plastic bag lol I never eat them bc I think loose mushy fruit in my drink is gross but I work there and I'd believe they taste like plastic honestly 😅
@@beleiveinthemagic123 yeah😭😂
@@Swingyu_ exactly lol!
When I was a kid, we had ducks. They did this all the time. A man who lived near our summer home asked if we could bring him eggs, which he wanted to hatch. I raided their nests often in search of eggs & to keep up with new clutches. I was able to find almost a dozen fertilized eggs along with catching a couple of the ducklings in the week leading up to our trip.
Our ducks did well in their new home. As for the eggs, 9 of the 12 hatched. One of the man’s female ducks took over their care. It’s been some 45+ years since I brought the ducks so far from their home to their new home. The multigenerational offspring are doing well. And, they all duck their heads under water like the ones here in the video.
Munchkin: "Under the sea... Under the sea! Darling it's better down where its wetter, take it from me!..."
Lol 😆 🤣 😂
Bobby's world
😂😂😂
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@@TheAnswerWillleaveyou hvvdhhfjhjjdjjjjf
This hits so differently when you learn Munchkin crossed the rainbow bridge recently. The birth of a legend T-T
Maybe she just finds it fun or the sensation of the water on her head feels good? It's adorable but I'm also curious as to why 🤣
Fun fact when baby elephants learn how to use their trunks they blow bubbles into water simple because it's fun.
I find that fucking adorable.
@@daniellealghul6594 that's kinda what I was thinking with the duck! It's so cute 🥺 I've seen the videos.of baby elephants doing it and I just wanna hug em
I see nothing wrong with this I always dunk my entire head into whatever I’m eating
goose
@@abbbble Man
Me too 🐈👅😜! 😁🤣😆
Same!!!
There you have it! Straight from a professional!
I have alot of ducks and i have had them for thirty years. It is instinctive. Its what wild ducks do to filter out small invertebrates and micro organisms. Its normal behavior.
I just got ducks but I knew that from research lol
I was wondering when someone was gonna get it right
Thank you
@@main.YaD.sa. you know if you have a duck for lets just say for 9 years and it dies you can get another one
ago
@EyadisticIsVibin' James has had multiple ducks over the course of 30 years, not a couple of ducks that have lived a span of 30 years lmfao. Come on dude 🦆
The fact you call your Duck Munchkin. Adorable ❤
Most Water fowl do this because in the wild they filter mud through their "teeth" for small grubs and worms etc. Watch them in mud puddles.
Regards from South Africa
Us South Africans know everything. It would be best if the ducks could get a smaller bowl for worms
You're absolutely correct, I had ducks and they used to actually bring mud to their pond to sift through it
why do i know this but the girl with ducks doesn't?
Yep. Ducks are dabblers. They're looking for food in the nonexistent mud.
why would they just start doing this randomly after five years?
She might be inspecting the flora of the “lake”, to get a hold of the quality of the food there.
I love how when raven went down she came back up with food on her head
I knowwww sooo cute lol!
As a INFLUENCER I expect prompt solutions and to questions questions I never had before. Thank youuuuuu
There sifting food and food “dust” at the bottom they do this in ponds and creeks as well
That's what I was thinking.
Hadn't thought of that
Yup that's how the eat duckweed as well
@@KingDomCame I don't know what "duckweed" is but I *need* some. (Ahem) for my ducks, of course.
@@Menessal cthu me as well...you know,for the ducks.
Munchkin be like: “good soup ”
AAA meme 😂
Munchkin baby may you always have the best ice water
Theory: she does that cuz it reminds her of da icey water
Edit: Thanks for all the likes :3
She needs fishlike foods not worms
Lol
@@oka-yoke ok, do u own duckz?
@@GwensFlixs yes
@@oka-yoke ok, well, do u research dem?
I was watching this with my friend and he raged quit and screamed, " SHE'S DRINKING WATER !!! "
He ragequit watching a video? Also ducks dont drink like that
@@squidman0055 fr why would he get mad
How do you rage quit a watching a video? Lol
@@CartoonWeasel report the 🍲 for intentionally feeding
@@phantomwolf2141 in english please
When you see an m&m at the bottom of the trail mix bag
Underrated comment 💀
One of the cutest dinosaur subspecies.
Maybe they like how water feels covering their entire heads.
They have waterproof feathers?
@@zamir8041 💀
@@zamir8041 🤦♀️
@@zamir8041 huh?
@@zamir8041 lmao 🤦♂️
They do this for a couple of reasons!
1. Dabbling is fun and you never know when you might nab a little fish, tadpole, or bug.
2. It's a great way to flush debris from the eye and membranes which protect it. 💁🏻♀️
Theory: they’re drinking the water under the food bc the water is flavorful from it.
Edit: thanks for the likes, I usually don’t get this many 😂
When they drink they turn their head up, so clearly that's not the case.
That’s wut I thought
Maybe they feel good doing it because doing it in nature can get them food, but they're okay with just getting water from this
@@kinga80801 they do a type of filter feeding, pulling in water and trapping stuff in their mouths
She could be doing a filter feed thing that they do in the wild to turn up extra treats. Or she could be dunking her head the same way my dogs lay down in the pool after a walk.
It’s natural instinct for ducks to demonstrate that feeding behavior. It’s how they get bugs and things on the bottom of a pond. I’ve seen ducks do it in kiddie pools too. Lol
As a duck owner, ducks do this on ponds, riverbeds, and puddles. It's just their natural instinct for food. Not weird behavior. They also love digging up dirt for roots and bugs. I didn't know this before I owned ducks. I wish I had because my garden's a mess. Now I know which areas of my garden to let them loose in... 😉🤣
We have had pekin ducks on and off my whole life. During migration we would have wild ducks stop over and some just atayed. I can confirm this is a natural behavior for both wild and domestic ducks.
I've lived on a farm most my life and have had a lot of ducks, this really is a natural instinct when drinking for them. The duck is drinking and searching for food at the bottom like they would do in the wild in pond or puddle for worms, grubs, plant life, etc...
Ducks at the local river:
“Am i a joke to you?”
Difference is, there’s food at the bottom of the river. There’s nothing but water under all that food in the bowl
@@cloaker7237 except all the small pieces that have sunk. Ducks are filter feeders.
Right? It's like when someone gets a pet they forget all the "animal" behaviors of that species, idk why people think that way but it's very depressing because I think it's part of a failure of humanity as a whole...
😂😂😂😂
Clearly ... 🤣 she has never observed nature
I used to have a duck
They are so loving and make great pets...
She thought I was her mom
Crazy 🤣🤣🤣
Perfectly normal for ducks to eat this way. I’ve seen wild and domestic ducks do this when they are eating.
The little food pellet on the black ducks head was so cute
I was looking for this comment
Frrrr
Was just about to say
I didn't notice that the first time but watched it again and you're right it is cute 😅❤
so cuteee 🥹
theory she’s sticking her whole head in looking for ice
This is natural instinct for ducks. They forage for underwater vegetation or critters using their beaks. Try using sinking food, she’ll be super happy.
I too like to dunk my head into my cereal bowl now thanks to Munchkin. Mmm... Honey Nut Cheerios.
Lmao!
Hi, I’ve been a vet for 13 years and I can confirm that they are doing this cuz they are silly little goobers
I was wondering about this. Maybe the duck did it once and decided it was fun? It's cute though 😂
@@ashleyx7454 yeah, if only i was actually a vet and not a retail worker
That's it, case closed 🥰
😂😂😂
You're a vet? Lol
I see ducks and geese dunk their head naturally into the water they are feeding in all the time. I go fishing, so I observe what all the animals are doing. I see ducks and geese naturally dunking their head into the water, usually to feed on seaweed on the bottom.
I see ducks & geese do this in water ponds. I always thought they were searching for fish & they drink the water too😊
"My other duck... Raven"
I have a chicken named Goose…
@@JadedNPC I love it.
@@JadedNPC i have a chicken named nugget
@@JadedNPC she also has a raven named duck 😆
She was looking for her sanity and raven was just helping.
Maybe she lost her marbles?
That's how ducks naturally find there food when there on the water, this duck is being instinctive.
Yep.
In* they aren’t Jesus-
Sorry to say but, you're wrong
@@Queen_Bread no he is correct. Ducks indeed dip their heads underwater while Searching for food in lakes for example. So they treat this water bowl as a water surface like the lake and their natural instincts kick in.
@@yamoonallemoon1080 it doesn't take 5 years for instincts to kick in, and if that was the case wouldn't have been able to teach it to one and not the reat
You will be missed, Munchkin 😭🌈🕊️
Pov: you come to the comments to see if someone really knows why they do that
It’s probably just thirsty
maybe it feels nice
You are right! I came to the comments to see if some duck veterinarian had posted an answer.
They're looking for roughage like grass and weeds. My geese would do this in their pond to get the water weeds off the bottom
If so, why would she only start now?
P.S I don't know anything about ducks/geese except for the fact that they have wings :)
@@nokia_eq23 why? Simply because they arent in the nature and therefore their normal instincts and behaviour isnt "normal" anymore
@@baadlyrics8705 thank you for explaining 😁
And bugs!
A simply natural behavior from the duck. They love lakes and rivers to feed in and the weed growing from the bed of their chosen habitat has fleshy goodness that they dunk or dive down to retrieve
😂id love to influence her onto my dinner 🥣 plate best influence ever👌😋
her: "I was not expecting her to become a real life influencer"
munchkin: *shoves head completely underwater*
seems about right.
Damn it that's good
“Content creator” probably would’ve been more accurate somehow
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You should put the food in a clear container so that you can see what they are doing under there 😂
the softer pellets that fall to the bottom I reckon
This!!
They are secretly kissing and trying to cover it up by doing it even when their alone like "nah im searching for something 😏"
¿?, you okay bro???
@@bigcheese5052 why?
Cold brew tea for ducks.😂
In Australia here and our local ducks do this too when feeding amongst reeds and mud. They filter food more than they chew.
so... could she be filtering out crumbs of surface food?
It's not an "Australian" duck thing, it's a duck thing. Lol
So ducks all over the world then, not just AuStRaLia 🙄
🙄 I'm pretty sure OP just meant they live in Australia and they've seen ducks in their country do it, not that only Australian ducks do it 🤦🏾♀️
My ducks do this all the time! It’s fun to watch ❤
She’s looking for worms. When I dump my pool out for my ducks they all try to stick their beaks into the dirt looking for worms. She’s adorable
try giving them some duck-treats which would sink to the bottom they'd be rly satisfied and happy to get what they searched for.
Aww your ducks are so pretty
Its instinct for them since in the wild they get food from under the water, it is super cute though
"Dig in" she said..."Dunk in" is what I do.
LOL 😭😭
This is how they eat in the wild… she’s such a cutie 🥰🤲🏽✨
Delicious
Then why would they start doing it at 5 years old? It's not an instinct thing, those start at birth, not 5 years in.
This put a smile on my face! 👍🥰