what is difference between duck & swan?
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Swans and ducks belong to the same family (Anatidae) but different subfamilies. \n\nSwans belong to the subfamily Anserinae. Some of their characteristics are: \n- Long neck\n- The plumage lacks metallic colors or a speculum (patch of conspicuous coloring in the wings)\n- No sexual dimorphism (males similar to females); also the calls of both sexes are similar\n- A single annual molt (after breeding)\n- Monogamous, they form life-long or long-lasting couples, and both male and female care for the chicks,\n- This is not so easy to see, but the pattern of scales on their legs is reticulate\n\nSubfamily Anatinae (typical ducks):\n- Most species with a speculum on the wing, with metallic colors\n- Most with sexual dimorphism: usually the males are more "gaudy" and their voices may be different\n- The males have sexual parades different from the females, and in many species the plumage of the male during the breeding season is very noticeable, but they have an -\ninconspicuous non-breeding plumage (which means that they undergo 2 yearly molts)\n-The males usually do not participate in incubation or care for the chicks,\n- Different pattern of leg scales\n\nAnd in case you were wondering, the geese are also Anserinae. \nNot all ducks are Anatinae. The whistling ducks belong in their own subfamily, the Dendrocygnini, and their characteristics are somewhat more similar to the swans than to the "typical ducks".
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They're different so do both.\n\nI don't think you can directly compare the two.
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Well both have feathers.. feathers have many oiles in them which keep water away from the bird. water never comes in contact with the real skin of the bird and with it being warm blooded the bird is able to keep a good body temp.
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I live in the Pacific Northwest.  We're not very "south", but we get lots of swans in the winter, and then they disappear in the summer, so I presume they've flown back north.  (Or possibly east, to your lake.....)
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As mentioned before this isn't true. What they found on Mythbusters is that while a duck's quack does have an echo it actually sounds very similar to the original quack so it blends in and can be hard to hear.
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The duck jokes peaked during the late 70's and 80's when America was hit hard by Disco Duck and Howard The Duck obsession.  After that, people lost interest.  Chicken jokes, on the other hand, have never gone out of style.
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Well, they both smell funny. the difference is that a zebra seems to get eaten by lions more often.\n\n\nhttp://groups.myspace.com/closetednerd
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Hen - a female turkey. \n\nPoult - a baby turkey.  A chick. \n \n\nTom - a male turkey.  Also known as a gobbler
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Pekin ducks (not "peking duck", the Chinese dish) are the white domestic ducks.  \n\nThere are many other ducks, including mallards.  Mallard drakes have are partly green, and the hens are brown.
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any bird\nsome snakes/reptiles\nsea turtles\n\nNumber one answer? "duck"
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both are diff pls refer any Univ which will help u to know better
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No. They're two different birds.
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There are 4 ducks in all, arranged this way:\n\n          x     x\n\n          x     x
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Definitely "duck duck goose". I love Grey Goose Vodka...not a fan of scotch, and well jump rope??
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pato, itik, and bibi\n\n*EDIT*\n\nOk, I looked in two dictionaries.\n\npato is the Spanish word for duck that made its way to Tagalog.  It means a "wild duck."\n\nitik is a black or brown duck.\n\nbibi is a white duck\n\ngansa is goose\n\nsisne is swan (another Spanish word)
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They are one in the same. Both are based on the local time in Greenwich, England. This is the standard by which the scientific community bases their observations for things such as weather events or astronomical events, ect.
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In cricket, a duck denotes a batsman getting out for a score of zero and usually used in the saying "Out for a duck". Originally called a "duck's egg" because of the "0" shape in the scorebook. A batsman who is out for a duck twice in the same match is said to have got a pair (short for 'pair of spectacles,' shaped like two zeros).