8 Amazing facts about ducks that will shake your mind.

The world we live in is full of amazing facts that you never knew about.

Today we make these unknown facts known! So take a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy these absolutely amazing facts that you have never known about!

Duck legs can't feel the cold.

If you've ever seen a duck that roams in the snow or bathes on a cold winter day, don't worry about them!

Duck legs have no nerves or blood vessels, which means they don't feel cold.

Ducks eat rocks.

It's not because there are no other sources of food. Ducks eat gravel, small pebbles or sand. Birds are known to have no teeth, so they need rocks to rub food in their muscle stomach.

Ducks are three centuries old.

Ducks have many impressive features in their eyes. They have excellent eyesight, and since their eyes are on the sides of the head, they have a field of vision of almost 340 degrees.

Due to the shape of their eyes, they can see objects near and far simultaneously. Finally, ducks can see in color!

The fastest duck is the red-breasted Merganser.

The first record originally belonged to Canvasback duck (long-nosed redheaded dive), which flew at a speed of 115 km per hour.

It was once recorded that the Red-breasted Merganser was flying at just over 160 km per hour, chased by an airplane.

Ducks can fly as high as planes.

Ducks usually migrate between 60 and 1200 meters in the air.

However, they can reach much higher heights.

A jet plane over Nevada once hit a mallard at an altitude of 6400 meters!

Ducks are hard to sneak up on without being seen.

These vigilant creatures are always alert, even when sleeping.

While sleeping, the group has" watchdog ducks that sleep outside the group with one eye open.

In doing so, they control which side of the brain remains awake.

The ducklings are growing up fast.

Almost immediately after hatching, the ducklings become independent shortly afterwards.

Babies are born with their eyes wide open, and they already have down feathers to keep warm.

Little ducklings usually learn to fly before they are two months old.

Cleaning helps ducks stay dry.

While they are cleaning, the ducks smear their feathers with fatty grease, which is waterproof. The bird squeezes the grease from the coccyx gland with its beak and then applies it to each feather.