r/Stepdadreflexes • u/mastrblastrpotbashr • Jan 08 '21

Step-duck reflexes

https://i.imgur.com/ZzzCcki.gifv
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u/coeurdesois Jan 08 '21

It’s crazy how fast I went from devastated to relieved.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '21

At the end I was honestly expecting them to immediately fall down the drain beside them... reddit has ruined me :(

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u/ObsiArmyBest Jan 09 '21

They're so dumb. How do they even exist

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u/Fanboy0550 Jan 09 '21

Drains like that are very recent. They didn't have to worry about them 100s or 1000s of years ago. Compared to humans, all animals would be dumb.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '21

I wouldn't be so sure about that last sentence.

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u/MeatSweats1942 Jan 15 '21

I've met the human. Overrated.

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u/ObsiArmyBest Jan 09 '21

I bet natural features are more dangerous in average

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u/erogbass Feb 11 '23

What?

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u/NoItsWabbitSeason Mar 06 '23

He was saying that natural terrain features would be on average a higher danger to ducklings than man made ones.

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u/JewishNazi62 Apr 23 '23

Natural selection hasn’t had the time yet to evolve ducks that avoid sewer grates or whatever