Not only did he fake his own death to make the Mink let his guard down, he also intentionally dove under water to try to suffocate the Mink. Because he knows he's can hold his breath longer. Impressive Mally.
While a good hypothesis on your part by what you saw in the video, the opposite is actually true. Minks can hold their breath twice as long as an average ducks and are excellent swimmers as fish and crayfish makeup a large part of their diet, along with other aquatic animals like muskrats, so they spend much more time underwater than ducks.There is however a breed of ducks called Diving Ducks that can hold their breath as long or longer.
@@ricksmith2206 The perils of reading the comment prior to watching the video. Oh and in case you were planning to search for The Titanic, apparently it sinks in the end.
@@ricksmith2206 Yeah people tell me that I tend to talk fast and take for granted a certain level of pre-knowledge that they struggle to keep up with, so I would probably lose you and find you again within a minute.
@@grosbeak6130 If you were a duck with a ferocious predator attacking you and your struggling to get free i bet you would be extremely exhausted, you won't have the energy to fly, a mink usually goes for the kill when their larger prey tire out that's why you see the mink dragging the duck to the shore, but the duck lucked out when he got stuck on the branch and the mink let go.
As the old saying goes ' calm on the surface .. but paddling like hell underneath.' When the mink shook the water out of his eyes and gave up his grip , the mallard duck busted ass ! Yay for the mallard duck!!
The drake’s mate is right there, freaking out (drakes can’t quack, they make a soft whhhut sound). I am pro-mink actually, because they are awesome at keeping rats and destructive muskrats under control, but I also have ducks. I’m glad the duck escaped. Hopefully he’ll be more wary about cute brown things swimming up to him from now on.
They both are good divers! Mink, biggers lungs, stronger muscles and more stamina! See where I'm going? But anything can happen! Nothing is guaranteed!
Mink : Huuh, finally I got this bird, its a very big meal tho, let take a rest for a second. Duck : Surprise.....Bye bye idiot ....see u in hell, hwak hwak hwak.
Oh~~!!! Wow wow~~ The wonderfull a duck!! 지혜로운 오리가 죽을 위기에서 살아났군요. but, 그런데, 육상의 밍크가 욕심이 탱천해서 물 위에 오리까지 잡아 먹겠다고 공격을 하는 특이한 좋은 영상입니다. 생명체의 운명이란 게, 놀라울 때가 있습니다. 막판 나뭇가지에 오리가 걸리지 않았다면, 끌려 나온 오리는 망할 밍크의 밥이 됐을 것임. 땅 위엔 쥐들도 많은데 물 위에 오리까지 먹으려는 쪽제비류 mink. 운도 좋았고 지혜로워 살아난 오리에게 찬사를 보냅니다. It's wonderfull a duck.
This is similar what happened to me in a way. I was about to get raped. Was exhausted by pushing him away.. The man let go, pulled his zipper down. When I heard that, I ran like Forest Gump and never looked back!
I raise ducks, so hooray for the duck !! Didn't think that duck could be so resilient, I can see why they say watch to the end, never would of guessed, since mink are such efficient killers.
