Pukeko vs Duck

At Fox's paddock I'm always interested to have a look at the wildlife around abouts. Of course there's all of the horses but there's also a well established Duck and Pukeko population. They've been mutually coexisting quite happily for most of the year... until now. See at first I thought it was adorable. All of the baby pukeko and ducks running around together. I mean they were all so adorable. I mean the pukekos are all black and fluffy and the duckling are so little and fluffy that I just want to steal one!

Then I saw the dark side of the ducks and pukeko living together. It happened a few days ago and quite simply has shaken my sense of ideals to the core. I was idly walking fox back to his paddock when I saw a pukeko approach a Mummy duck and her ducklings. It edged towards the ducks resembling a tyrannosaurus Rex. I thought it may be wanting to just say 'hi' so I didn't think too much of it. Then right in front of my eyes I saw the pukeko reach down and grab one of the ducklings in it's reptilian beak. The parent ducks started flapping their wings and attacking the pukeko to no prevail. In no time at all the pukeko had proudly run away with the duckling dangling lifeless in it's beak.

I tried to hit the pukeko with a rock. Unlucky for the duckling it was too late. Then to my horror I saw the pukeko begin to eat the duckling. Meanwhile the parent ducks were forced to retreat and lament the loss of their youngest duckling.

I now no longer like pukeko.

3 Good Things

#Having a nice little laugh in my Chemistry lab with my Chem demonstrator.

#No 9am lecture! Win!

#Specialty cheese. Thanks Josh! It really is the gift that keeps on giving!

also notably yesterday I cut myself shaving for the first time... ergo this post can have the label 'new thing'.