In late autumn mallard ducks show a strange spectacle. The drakes come together for their "courtship dances" and the plain brown females are there as spectators. The "dance steps" follow repetitively a specific sequence.
Category: Birds
Size: beak to tail 50-65 cm; wingspan 75-100 cm
Breeding duration: 24-28 days
Age: 29 years
Sexually mature: with 1 year
Reproduction: 7-13 eggs
food: seeds, aquatic and terrestrial plants, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, amphibians and fish
habitat: all wet areas as long as they are not too deep and offer some protection
Danger: not endangered
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