Duck Feed

Ducks, a favourite of mine from the chinese, especially crispy with a nice Hoisin Sauce.

But Im not here to discuss me eating duck, its more to do with what Ducks actually eat? Now as far as I'm aware ducks eat a variety of pond weeds and plants, possibly insects and I heard they really like a juicy snail.

So why the heck do we feed them Bread when we see them down the park?

Bread is milled flour mixed with water and yeast then baked in the oven. Ducks can't make bread (as far as im aware) so when did we decide that we'd feed them bread.

Are we just teasing ducks? hey Mr Duck, look what we humans can manufacture, isnt it beautiful? why not try some? yer you like that.. well tough shit, its all gone, and you wont find any of that in the wild... In essense we are pychologically torturing Ducks by feeding them bread..

So next time you see a duck, throw him a snail or some nice pond weed, or kill him and cook him, it will be far kinder than teasing him with the delights of the human ability to make bread.