{"id":1132,"date":"2013-04-09T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2017-06-09T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:29:25","slug":"animal-eating-watermelon-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/animal-eating-watermelon-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"ANIMAL EATING WATERMELON: DUCKS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So far in the \u201canimals eating watermelon\u201d series, I\u2019ve featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-lions-tigers-leopards-and-cougars\/\">lions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/featured-animal-eating-a-watermelon-a-baby-porcupine\/\">porcupines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-a-chipmunk\/\">chipmunks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/featured-animal-eating-a-watermelon-a-hungry-hungry-hippo\/\">hippos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-video-guinea-pigs\/\">guinea pigs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-a-baby-mouse\/\">baby mice<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-shickamaru-the-lizard\/\">lizards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-a-white-tailed-deer\/\">deer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-an-elephant\/\">elephants<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/animal-eating-watermelon-ganesha-the-squirrel\/\">squirrels<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-a-turtle\/\">turtles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/featured-animal-eating-watermelon-video-fluffy-cat\/\">cats<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/featured-animal-eating-a-watermelon-a-potbellied-pig\/\">potbellied pigs<\/a>. All of them chowing down on watermelon like there\u2019s no tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never featured a bird eating watermelon, and I was beginning to wonder if birds even liked fruit, until I found the video below. It features two ducks, happily gnawing on half of a watermelon. My favorite part of the video is the hungry slurping sound they make while they peck away at their snack.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also nice to see them sharing the watermelon with each other so willingly. No squawking, no pecking, no feathers flying. 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