Ducks or Durulz are large intelligent ducks with arms instead of wings ( or men cursed with feathers and webbed feet, depending on your point of view ).

Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.

Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots.

Ducks ' nests are raided by land-based predators, and brooding females may be caught unaware on the nest by mammals, such as foxes, or large birds, such as hawks or eagles.

Ducks are usually kept outdoors or inside a cage since it is unsuitable to let them roam freely indoors due to the risk of eating carpet fibers, which can be a health hazard to them, and their lack of sphincter muscles which would require carpet-less flooring and frequent cleaning up after them.

In 2007, Frank Boulton expressed his contentment with the Atlantic League and the Ducks to Baseball America saying, " The Long Island Ducks are the best thing I've ever done in baseball.

Examples of such stories are Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies, when she travels in time to steal the dime in the very same day Scrooge earns it and gives it back after realizing that by preventing Scrooge from owning the dime, she would turn it into a coin that never belonged to him, or A Little Something Special, when she teams up with Flintheart Glomgold and the Beagle Boys in a plan made by Blackheart Beagle.

The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, United States.

The Ducks are one of three NHL teams to feature their team name spelled out in a scripted form on the front of their jersey rather than a logo.

The Ducks are not the first team from Southern California to win a title in the same year as a major uniform change.

South and west of town are four units of the reclaimed McPherson Valley Wetlands, acquired and managed by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Ducks Unlimited, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Ducks swim on the lakes, while the lakes ' islands are home to gorillas, tamarins, marmosets, gibbons and pelicans.

A mythical creature or legendary artifact that leads to an adventure expedition, the long search for information, often seeming futile, an isolated civilisation hidden from the outside world thanks to its natural environment, the Ducks bringing new ideas with them but sometimes faced as threats, and the characters ending up defeated and empty-handed are all such themes.

The exhausted Ducks are offered a drink, and they fall sleep.

Ducks, geese, rabbits, berries, roots, and shoots are also food staples throughout the seasons where they are available.

Mallards are opportunistically targeted by brood parasites, occasionally having eggs laid in their nests by Redheads, Ruddy Ducks, Lesser Scaup, Gadwalls, Northern Shovelers, Northern Pintails, Cinnamon Teal, Common Goldeneyes, and other Mallards.

But these hybrids are less well adapted to the peculiar ecological conditions of Laysan Island than the local ducks, and thus have lower fitness, and furthermore, there were — apart from a brief time in the early 20th century when the Laysan Duck was almost extinct — always many more Laysan Ducks than stray Mallards.

American Black Ducks are similar to Mallards in size, and resemble the female Mallard in coloration, although the Black Duck's plumage is darker.

Black Ducks interbreed regularly and extensively with Mallard ducks, to which they are closely related.

At any rate, American Black Ducks and local Mallards are now very hard to distinguish by means of microsatellite comparisons, even if many specimens are sampled Contrary to this study's claims, the question whether the American haplotypes are an original Mallard lineage is far from resolved.

Its closest relatives is apparently the Yellow-billed Duck, another early divergence of the mallard clade, in which these species and the African Black Duck are basal, but the exact relationships of Meller's and the Yellow-billed Ducks to that species are fairly obscure.

The increase has been due to the work of many people constructing Wood Duck boxes and conserving vital habitat for the Wood Ducks to breed.

Male Musk Ducks in the breeding season are usually unmistakable due to the large bill lobe.

On October 18, 2010, Doan was suspended for 3 games due to a hit that he placed on Dan Sexton of the Anaheim Ducks the night previous.

There were demonstrations of falconry and sheepdog trials ( herding Indian Runner Ducks due to space restrictions ), live music, live entertainment, bouncy castles, stalls promoting community groups and clubs, Baptist church and fire brigade ( as 2008 ).

The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks were granted a voluntary suspension for the 2005 – 06 season due to the lack of an NHL affiliate after the previous affiliates Detroit Red Wings and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim signed new agreements with the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Portland Pirates, respectively.

* Siege ( voiced by Clancy Brown )-Siege is a soldier who is aggressive and has a strong hatred for the Ducks ( particularly Grin, due to the large duck being able to go toe-to-toe with him on a daily basis and generally win or draw in the fight ).

Robitaille had the lowest goal total in his career in 2002 – 03, due partially to limited ice time, and the Red Wings were upset in the first round of the playoffs by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in a four-game sweep.

They were formerly known as the Beijing Shougang Ducks ( 北京首钢 ) or Beijing Shougang ; the name change was likely due to a change of corporate sponsorship.

In the following 2008 – 09 season, Ryan once again made the opening roster, but was to be sent down to the Ducks ' new AHL affiliate, the Iowa Chops, due to salary cap issues.

During the Western Conference Finals against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Torres missed games two and three due to the flu.

Its leadoff single, " Closer to Me ", was a near Top 40 hit, and a second release, " Winning It All ", gained some notice due to extensive play during NBC's NBA Finals coverage, NBA Superstars series featuring Larry Bird, the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and the film The Mighty Ducks.

Bastedo has written a memoir, Beware Dobermanns, Donkeys and Ducks, as well as several books on caring for cats and dogs.

He is best known for playing Pacey Witter in Dawson's Creek, Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks film series and Peter Bishop in Fringe.

Ducks have many economic uses, being farmed for their meat, eggs, feathers, ( particularly their down ).

Hunters established game parks in Medieval Europe, such as the New Forest, with often violent punishments for poaching. In modern times, hunters have founded some of the most significant ( and controversial ) wildlife conservation organizations, such as Ducks Unlimited. Hunters in industrialized nations generally comply with bag limits to ensure the sustainability of wildlife populations.

The Peabody Hotel is well known for the " Peabody Ducks " that live on the hotel rooftop, making the journey to the hotel lobby in a daily " March of Ducks " ritual.

In the Conference Semifinals, the Avalanche were swept for the first time ever, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

When he returns for a second bomb run, the Ducks have dressed some rocks with their clothing and have taken cover elsewhere.

There the Oilers would beat the sixth-seeded Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in five games, claiming the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl for a seventh time.

Pronger was subsequently traded to the Anaheim Ducks for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid, and three draft picks.

The team also traded with the Anaheim Ducks to acquire Andy Sutton for Kurtis Foster.

The Ducks sent Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky, and a third-round pick to the Jets in return for Marc Chouinard, a fourth-round draft pick, and right winger Teemu Selanne.

The Ducks reached the postseason for the first time during the 1996 – 97 NHL season.

The Ducks finished with a 36 – 33 – 13 record, the franchise's first winning record, good enough for home ice in the first round as the number four seed against the Phoenix Coyotes.

The Ducks trailed 3 – 2 going into Phoenix for game six.

In an exciting third period, the Mighty Ducks defeated the Devils 5 – 2 to send the series back to New Jersey for game seven.

In 2005, Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli of Irvine, California, and his wife, Susan, bought the Mighty Ducks from The Walt Disney Company for a reported $ 75 million ( USD ).

On November 15, 2005, the Ducks traded Sergei Fedorov, and a 5th round draft pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for defenseman Francois Beauchemin and Tyler Wright.

The Ducks finished the season with a 43 – 27 – 12 record good enough for 98 points and the sixth seed.

Before the 2006 – 07 NHL season, the Ducks traded Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid and a first round draft pick to the Oilers for defenseman Chris Pronger.

The Ducks ended the regular season with a 48 – 20 – 14 record, good enough for second place with 110 points.

The Ducks lost game three and Pronger received his second one game suspension, this time for elbowing Dean McAmmond.

Before the 2009 – 10 NHL season the Ducks traded Pronger to the Philadelphia Flyers for Lupul, Luca Sbisa and two first round draft picks.

Before the trade deadline, the Ducks traded Giguere to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Jason Blake and Vesa Toskala after signing Hiller to a contract extension.

The trade deadline saw the Ducks trade Whitney to Edmonton for offensive defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky, as well as the acquisitions of defenseman Aaron Ward from the Carolina Hurricanes and goalie Curtis McElhinney from the Flames.