Baby Duck Risks Getting Swept Away in Current | Wild Patagonia | BBC Earth

This mother duck must make a hard sacrifice in order to ensure the survival of the rest of her family.

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[Lugmillord]

This got my heart racing. The life of wild ducks can be so tough. Such a hard decision for the parents. I wonder what they are feeling.

[thebananamelon]

But then he came back, with vengeance in his heart. Ready to take his first-born birth right

[amandachan]

Dang... ducks are hardcore... these ducks face impossible currents and there is another duck species that straight up forces its babies to dive bomb off an impossibly high cliff. Respect.

[Abu-Aley]

The music, narrator, topic and casting are blended together forming a magnificent piece of art.

Thanks BBC,

Regards,
Ahmad,

[fawnieee]

This is why I couldn't be a photographer or video recorder, I'd have to ditch my camera and try and get that baby back to its parents :(

[owet]

You gotta be careful around everyone these days. I was walking down the street yesterday and a guy walked towards me and pulled out scissors. I'm happy I was agile enough to reach into my pocket and pull out a rock. Cus if I had pulled out paper, I would have lost.

[joeschmoe]

All these people complaining about their day runied should've read the title of the video

[NasAfter]

We don't deserve ducks they're too cute for this harsh world

[iiLOXO]

damn nature. you scary. poor duckling.

[TheCMnews]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What does kill you...kills you. Poor duckling.

[sunmillions]

I love how the mother and father stay together

[bendjlyfe]

that was so beautiful and motivating 🥹😭💀 ducks are fighters

[groowanderer]

Crazy, was just camping w my kids this weekend and seen a duckling floating on by us in some very swift water. I told them and my two girls were upset with me that I didn't jump in to save it. I explained to them that the duck had much more of a chance at survival in that water than I did. The whole thing makes more sense to me now.

[Pumpkintiti]

My heart was racing once the family had to go in the water. Sheesh, glad the other lil duckling finally made it. 😊😚

[WJen]

Give the lost duckling a 2-year timeskip. It'll either come back stronger than all of them combined or as the main villain bent on vengeance.

[cuklabcusade]

yeah that rock island was totally worth risking your life and children for

[PaulA-zphn]

A few seconds in and instant calmness the music, the narrators voice plus the sound of rushing water.

[MsMytube]

Every creature is elite on this amazing planet. What we seeing is a dance of everything, wonderful video thx 😁 the strong one will live on and continue the species. It's been going on for maybe million year

[jolenesugarti]

Dramatizing the lives in the animal kingdom so good is what makes BBC Earth one of the most watched documentaries.

[neosapienz]

They probably were able to reunite. We just didn’t get to see it. Ducks and their offspring are incredibly resilient, especially torrent ducks. This isn’t their first time successfully raising a family in such conditions. I could be wrong about this particular outcome, but overall, they do fine.