Comments on: Mixed-Up, Adopted Ducks Try to Mate With the Wrong Species http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/20/mixed-up-adopted-ducks-try-to-mate-with-the-wrong-species/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Illa Depugh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/20/mixed-up-adopted-ducks-try-to-mate-with-the-wrong-species/#comment-21962 Illa Depugh Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:19:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9567#comment-21962 loooked including ray j wem he / she jus put this colours on loooked including ray j wem he / she jus put this colours on

]]> By: Joshua http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/20/mixed-up-adopted-ducks-try-to-mate-with-the-wrong-species/#comment-21961 Joshua Wed, 26 May 2010 21:01:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9567#comment-21961 Wow, I feel terrible for those ducks. I agree with Jason, what exactly is the point? The concept of imprinting is fairly well-established and this doesn't really tell us anything about the biology of that process. All it does is to confirm, at the expense of some unfortunate ducks, things that I think we already know. I suppose it's sort of useful in establishing the extreme extent to which imprinting can impact behavior but I don't know if it's worth it. I hope you find love, duckies! Wow, I feel terrible for those ducks. I agree with Jason, what exactly is the point? The concept of imprinting is fairly well-established and this doesn’t really tell us anything about the biology of that process. All it does is to confirm, at the expense of some unfortunate ducks, things that I think we already know. I suppose it’s sort of useful in establishing the extreme extent to which imprinting can impact behavior but I don’t know if it’s worth it.

I hope you find love, duckies!

]]> By: Jason http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/20/mixed-up-adopted-ducks-try-to-mate-with-the-wrong-species/#comment-21960 Jason Fri, 21 May 2010 01:44:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9567#comment-21960 The poor ducks ... they must be so frustrated. That said, what is the long-term benefit of this kind of study? This seems to be some sort of sick joke perpetrated by someone in the name of science. We can't use this to benefit our species and, unless we start monitoring the eggs found in nests around the world, we can't use this to prevent other animals from this sort of situation. The poor ducks … they must be so frustrated.

That said, what is the long-term benefit of this kind of study? This seems to be some sort of sick joke perpetrated by someone in the name of science. We can’t use this to benefit our species and, unless we start monitoring the eggs found in nests around the world, we can’t use this to prevent other animals from this sort of situation.

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