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Muscovy duck

Cairina moschata

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Description:

Muscony ducks nest around the basin of Huntsville, Alabama's Big Spring Park. The water is very cold spring water. Goldfish and koi swim beneath the surface of the water

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elime
I did a behavioral study on them once. I watched them for an hour while video taping the whole thing. I wrote down every single behavior a certain individual I was watching did during that hour. Afterwards I had to write a paper on it and present my findings to the animal behavior class I was in.

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PublishedSeptember 20, 2011

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