DUCK

DESCRIPTION : The word duck comes from Old English *dce "diver" A male duck is called a drake and the female duck is called a duck or hen.Ducks have many economic uses, for farmed for meat, feathers, eggs, and their droppings.Farmed ducks are descended from the wild Mallard duck (Anas Platyrhyncos). Classification of duck is Anatidae family (The Anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans.). Anseriformes (Anseriformes is an ordo of birds. It comprises 150 living species in three families: Anhimidae, Anseranatidae, and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans). Duck from north america Ducks have wings and feathers.the function of wings is to fly. Its fur is not easy wet and useful as a duck body warmers. Beak use to peck food.duck also have the membranous feet, is used to swim. The overall body plan of ducks is elongated and broad, and the ducks are also relatively long-necked, albeit not as long-necked as the geese and swans. duck have a lot of color but,ducks mostly colored gray or black. The overall body plan of ducks is elongated and broad, and the ducks are also relatively long-necked. Duck live in groups,live in a place that has a lot of water,foraging in the mud,

Duck live in river,lake,rice field.The ducks have a cosmopolitan distribution occurring across most of the world except for Antarctica. A number of species manage to live on sub-Antarctic islands like South Georgia and the Auckland Islands. Numerous ducks have managed to establish themselves on oceanic islands such asHawaii, New Zealand and Kerguelen, although many of these species and populations are threatened or have become extinct. Ducks usually eating grasses, aquatic plants, fish, insects, small amphibians, worms, and small molluscs. Diving ducks and sea ducks forage deep underwater. To be able to submerge more easily, the diving ducks are heavier than dabbling ducks, and therefore have more difficulty taking off to fly. Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water or on land. Along the edge of the beak there is a comb-like structure called a pecten. This strains the water squirting from the side of the beak and traps any food. The pecten is also used to hold slippery food items. A few specialized species such as the mergansers are adapted to catch and swallow large fish. Unique of duck is its can swim because duck have the membranous feet,their feathers contained on that candle layers can protect the feathers from water