Duckling Rescue

"In a rare rescue operation in Garden Grove on Wednesday, animal control officers came to the aid of about a dozen ducklings stuck in a storm drain.

The drama unfolded at Lampson Avenue and West Street.

Rescuers arrived to find the mother duck frantically pacing around the drain opening.

Officers were able to scoop the 14 ducklings into a box, which was lowered through a manhole.

The mother duck followed animal control officers to a pond where she was reunited with her babies."

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• duck
• duckling
• rescue
• storm
• drain
• bird
• cute

[LtStarkiller]

How the duck did they all get down there?

[YubiShines]

My guess is the mother went in and all the ducklings followed suit, except the mom could fly out.

Ducks can be not very smart about these things; there's a story about a duck that nested on a hanging planter thing in the city, so when the eggs hatched the only way the ducklings could get out was to fall several feet onto the hard pavement below. A man from an office building nearby actually had to go out and catch each of the ducklings so they wouldn't hurt themselves. :)

[cosmic201]

@YubiShines

I know it's been awhile, but ducks in the wild will lay their eggs in trees. The ducklings are able to jump out and land safety 20 or even 30 feet high.

The problem was instead of landing on soil, leaves, and grass they would have hit pavement.

[YubiShines]

@cosmic201 I wasn't aware of that (never actually thought about where ducks nested), although I will say I was being tongue in cheek in my previous comment. :B

[stellarworker]

Thank you for putting this one on. I saw on news...Just too cute. That mother knew what she wanted...so did those little cuties. Thanks again!

[plopdontstop]

most cuteist thing i have ever seen

[SnoboarderKorner]

Awwwwww! That was the cutest thing I've ever seem in my entire life!!!!!!! The poor baby duckies!!!!!

[Assassin049]

what can be more beautiful then baby reunion with his mother?

[animalplanetnews101]

0:54

hey where are you going with my babies

[Annausagi2]

Haha, at the end, they were all like "WRROOOOMMMMM" :D

[DisgruntledBastard01]

aw bless

[iAmTheQuam]

my heart just melted <3

[demonicDEBACLE]

:D :D :D !

[helpanimals1000]

GREAT JOB RESCUING THEM! THANK YOU!

[Trund27]

I'm blind. My eyes exploded and turned into unicorns and flowers So swwweeeeeeeet!