Baby Duck Rescue

[MsChingola]

You know these ducks are the most STUPID specie I have ever seen! They don't say next to the dam or whatever, like other ducks. The are on a collison course and just keep on walking. We had some at the Groenkloof Campus of the University of Pretoria and the mother just keep on walking straight to a busy highway. I have monitored her for a few hours and realised the chicks are not going to make it! I simply took them from her and gave them to a rehabilitation centre - now they are safe!

[Marguerite21]

Fantastic! This reminds me of when I rescued a gosling that was lost and I got him back to his family. I happened one week ago and man. duckilings, goslings and cygnets are so adorable.

[ryple11]

I'm not so sure ducks can't count, just that they don't always. When my ducks were broody, one duck swiped one of the other's eggs. She came back to the nest, sat down, started turning them, then reached under the other duck and took back an egg. (Don't know if it was hers....but you get the idea.) FUNNY!

[MegaCaptainBacon]

Lolz At The Funny Duckies

[copiwe]

nice video. thanks.

[Spectres]

You're one of the few decent good human beings in this country! Good job.

[mhdickson]

aww & the mother waited for the last one to catch up :)

[melkalo]

0:52, poor thing

[R33tube]

good job man

[SylviaDragon]

actualy.... birds dont have a good sence of smell. Touching them is ok. thats just a rumor. If they dont take them back its usualy becuse they might be sick, weak, hurt or they dont want to go through the troubel of takeing care of it. but its a good idea not to mess with them too much, or they get stressed out. :)

[drakeconstant]

you can touch them those are for eggs good job tho

[mochacass101]

lol the last one is just like me!!

[seanjohn151]

Yall are awesome! GR8 vid:^)

your scent will leave off a scent that will leave the mother leave

the child defenseless hahaha!

BTW good lesson

[Zhoff0246]

Not true, the mom will take them back if they are touched, its just a tale to keep people from touching wildlife

[callofduty4CJ]

Good job dudes

[sayfaylo]

That's a good idea...Don't take the ducks to the chopping board...but have the ducks come the the chopping board!

[mamtelevision]

A Happy ending...my attempts didn't work out...see video :(

[senhuan]

heheh were they on their way to water?

[PineyPine]

Yay well done! So sweet!

[Coffeeeggsbacon]

that is so amazingly cute!

[jaykia]

you can touch the ducks. I raised baby ducks with the mother. The mother didn't care if I held them.

[AnimalArtHeart]

Good job folks!!!!

[Jonseyrulz123]

this video always makes me smile :)

[FISHGAL69]

Ducks and other bird do not have a keen sense of smell, so it would be okay to give them a boost up the curb. Cute vid, nice sentiment, well meaning people. 5*

[hhryah]

Aw that's adorable! They were so cute jumping, and it was so sweet of you to help them.

[bananapie29]

omg that was sooo cute!! hehe i cant stop smiling

[Amurana]

This video was wonderful. I was cheering along with you guys for the laggers to make it. Great music, too. So much fun! It's common in Florida to see random families of wildlife hanging out on the busy interstates and such, and cars veering wildly to avoid them. heehee. It's nice to see when they make it safely.

[allsmiles432]

that was painful to see.... the last duck struggling to get up :( ..... these ppl are stupid help the duck!

[destined2care]

LOL. the whole point is that they can't touch it cause the mother would abandon it..it'd have their scent.. they did help by making sure it didn't run to the road.

[sugarsbcglobalnet]

Ducks (as well as the majority of birds) do not have a keen sense of smell. Touching/handling the ducks will not cause the mother to abandon them, contrary to popular myth.

[brittanypeck]

u can touch them the mom will not reject it

[sugarsbcglobalnet]

thank you.

[jalisica]

Love your video

[hotpinky2]

they jump so cute

[Crackers1234567891]

roflmfao the last one gunna b the next micheal jordan u saw those hops? jumped like 20 feet lol :)

[samishotstuff]

actually, the thing "dont touch baby burds cause the mother wot take it back" is false. birds have very poor senses of smell, and wont generally notice if the baby smells different. im guessing people just made hat up to advise people not to disturb baby birds in the wild

[neponsetriver]

Well, they're safe, at least for the moment.

[sony2hd]

Great vid. You guys did a good job with the music, the commentary, etc.  Can you answer this...ducks can't count so how did the mother duck know one duck was still missing (was the chick making noise that the mother duck could hear)?

[pixystyk]

Well, the momma started walking into the bushes there, and heard her baby peeping so she sat there ans waited for it to hop up. I guess that it's just momma instinct. :)

[sony2hd]

Thank you.

[MalissaRose]

I love how the mom waited for ALL of them before sh started walking away. :D

[Galforg]

So should have stolen one, just for a laugh

[SlackerCSS]

Man that was close! Great job guys! Those ducks were so cute, it would've been sad if anything happened to them! And great commentary too, lol.

[3L3CTR0HEAD]

OMFG thats is sooooo freaking cute <333

i love it <3 you guys rule

[Kim71698]

That was TOO cute! Thanks for protecting them! :D

[Nimuseel]

oh my effing god that was so cute

[queenoftarts]

Aw, that was so cute. Thank you guys for being such animal lovers and helping them. :)

[Coolcat202]

u guys are true enviro heroes!! lolz! i love seeing baby ducks run its soo cute!!

[DaniTheGirl112]

wow, you're truly heroes haha

[jengstanley]

Some bird moms will even adopt babies, it depends on that particular bird's temperment. - you have to do this because some bird moms can be kind of unmotherly

[jengstanley]

The touching thing is an old wive's tale - I've raised canaries, ducks, quails and other birds. We always touch them to check how they are developing (and play with them). Often have to push the little mommy off her nest to look at the eggs (and touch them) to make sure they're viable. You don't need to use a towel either, just make sure you wash your hands before eating after you touch them.

[KirbyCap]

actually.. birds besides vultures have a very poor sense of smell so it is actually okay to pick them up,,, but i would recommend using a towel

[Ckuchar]

Such darling little baby ducks, God bless you for saving the ducklings.

[cherton]

I really admire the way you took the time to help those ducks!

[amyrose300]

thats a lie, birds CAN'T smell human scent, maybe you should read more about animals? I RAISED ducks and geese, and I worked with them, the whole "Ducks can smell your scent on their babies and will dis-own them" is a myth and NOT TRUE, birds will even take in orphanged babies that are covered in the smell of humans

[TheFerruccio]

Thank you! I was gonna type up a long rant but I figured someone else did it already.

[CooKieDoh890]

lmao that was so cute and funny. SAVE A DUCK, EAT A CHICKED INSTEAD! .. i have no idea why i said that but OKAY bye :D

[JUKIO01]

nah your right, i would eat a chicken too, hey deserve it. but duck i heard is pretty good

[Aphidoidea]

Great job saving the little duckies:) Though you could have picked them up as a mother duck's maternal instinct is too strong to be deterred by human scent.

[RG7621]

That was so adorable!

[x0xtaylorbabiix0x]

haha that was awesome, u guys deserve a metal for duck saving ^_^

[AzuSayumi]

Hey man. Good job. =3 Other people would like.. scary them out ONTO the street. So yeah.

[CrissAngelsLoyalx3]

Aww!! It couldn't get up onto the sidwalk! And nice job yelling at the mother duck. o.o

[pixystyk]

Actually that wasnt me yelling at the duck, It was my friend Salem....God my voice is so annoying in this clip!