On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:03 am, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]>: > >> Mallards aren't quite the same as flying rats, since they're a native >> species. > > Not in New Zealand, or Australia, where they're a bloody pest. In Australia > the cursed things interbreed with the native black duck. I was going to reply mentioning the same thing happening with our grey duck but I just learned that it's a different name for the same species as your black duck. Our property backs onto a river and if you saw how those bastards behaved during spring you'd shoot the lot. Not that I should judge nature in human terms... Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
