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> But most farm kids don't go and become veterinary scientists or scientists at all! I think the more accurate complaint is most farm kids don't grow up on far

> But most farm kids don't go and become veterinary scientists or scientists at all! I think the more accurate complaint is most farm kids don't grow up on farms with ducks. Ducks are pretty niche in the US. If it's not on the menu at McDonald's or Taco Bell, it's not on 95% of US farms.

missedthecue 5y ago
Ducks are very common on US farms. Go to any 4H meet.
- saalweachter 5y ago
  I grew up on a farm in Indiana, went through 4H, and I've never seen a duck penis, nor heard word of them til the internet got ahold of the news, and Indiana accounts for 45% of US duck production. Which I also didn't know until googling it just now.
  - chrischen 5y ago
    I’m not an ornithologist and I already knew about exploding corkscrew duck penises (via Wikipedia) for about half a decade. I also thought it was weird the article wrote it as if a researcher just discovered this information.
    - saalweachter 5y ago
      Well, the article starts from the year 2000. I don't know exactly when I first learned about duck penises and labyrinthine duck vaginas, it's not precisely a 9/11 memory, but it was certainly after I left the farm in 2001 and could be entirely due to news reports about this researcher's research trickling out to the pop sci blogosphere.
someweirdperson 5y ago
World of warcarft, that displays every kind of topography, vegetation, animals, references to any form of pop culture, sports, ... does not contain a single duck. Either the author have never seen one. Or they are scared of Disney. Hints for the latter might be that there no mice either. For visual completeness there are rats, which is close enough to not need mice.
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
  Now I'm thinking about the last time I saw a duck in a video game or in common culture. The only things I can think of is the game Duck Hunt, and the Oregon ducks. When I think of ducks being eaten, my mind goes to Chinese food or hunters but that's about it.
  - cbsks 5y ago
    Red Dead Redemption 2 has several species of ducks that you can hunt https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Duck_(RDR_2) https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Duck_(RDR_2)
  - chrischen 5y ago
    Duck Tales, Donald Duck, duck confit.
  - msrenee 5y ago
    Minecraft had ducks. Or they were chickens. I remember it being a whole thing, but people called them ducks often enough that I think it should count. As far as ducks being eaten, I've only had duck meat a couple of times, but I'm about to have consistent access to duck eggs and I'm freaking excited. I know a decent number of people that duckhunt and I've tripped over domestic breeds on friends' acreages often enough. They're easy birdwatching too if you bundle up, so if you hang out with that sort of crowd, you'll hear plenty of discussion. It might just depend on how much time you spend out of the city or staring at ponds.

missedthecue 5y ago

Ducks are very common on US farms. Go to any 4H meet.

saalweachter 5y ago
I grew up on a farm in Indiana, went through 4H, and I've never seen a duck penis, nor heard word of them til the internet got ahold of the news, and Indiana accounts for 45% of US duck production. Which I also didn't know until googling it just now.
- chrischen 5y ago
  I’m not an ornithologist and I already knew about exploding corkscrew duck penises (via Wikipedia) for about half a decade. I also thought it was weird the article wrote it as if a researcher just discovered this information.
  - saalweachter 5y ago
    Well, the article starts from the year 2000. I don't know exactly when I first learned about duck penises and labyrinthine duck vaginas, it's not precisely a 9/11 memory, but it was certainly after I left the farm in 2001 and could be entirely due to news reports about this researcher's research trickling out to the pop sci blogosphere.

someweirdperson 5y ago

World of warcarft, that displays every kind of topography, vegetation, animals, references to any form of pop culture, sports, ... does not contain a single duck. Either the author have never seen one. Or they are scared of Disney. Hints for the latter might be that there no mice either. For visual completeness there are rats, which is close enough to not need mice.

x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
Now I'm thinking about the last time I saw a duck in a video game or in common culture. The only things I can think of is the game Duck Hunt, and the Oregon ducks. When I think of ducks being eaten, my mind goes to Chinese food or hunters but that's about it.
- cbsks 5y ago
  Red Dead Redemption 2 has several species of ducks that you can hunt https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Duck_(RDR_2) https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Duck_(RDR_2)
- chrischen 5y ago
  Duck Tales, Donald Duck, duck confit.
- msrenee 5y ago
  Minecraft had ducks. Or they were chickens. I remember it being a whole thing, but people called them ducks often enough that I think it should count. As far as ducks being eaten, I've only had duck meat a couple of times, but I'm about to have consistent access to duck eggs and I'm freaking excited. I know a decent number of people that duckhunt and I've tripped over domestic breeds on friends' acreages often enough. They're easy birdwatching too if you bundle up, so if you hang out with that sort of crowd, you'll hear plenty of discussion. It might just depend on how much time you spend out of the city or staring at ponds.