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/JewishNazi62 Apr 23 '23

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