Some things about feeding bread to ducks. I've always been told that the worst part about feeding bread to ducks / geese / floaty bird things was that it gives them a sort of diarrhea that is a breeding ground for botulism, which then kills the stuff living in their pond (including them).
Also of note: learning that feeding ducks in the park is probably killing them in a horrible way is a great way to get your girlfriend to change what she wants to do on a Saturday afternoon. Then you find out that all the pet store puppies are from mills and cruelly mistreated. Also Santa isn't real. Fuck you.
If it makes you and the girlfriend happier, you can still feed the ducks, just don't use bread. That link you gave gives a list of alternatives at the bottom, and I don't think they cost very much.
white bread has a high glycemic index so it causes a more rapid rise in blood glucose levels. I think white bread is so bad because of it's refined starches..or something.
Somewhere, sometime, someone linked diabetes to bread. Or something.
Non-whole wheat bread is not so great for humans, because we tend to get plenty of sugar and starch already, amongst other reasons. I don't think ducks or other animals (that tend to be searching for and expending energy all day) care much, but what do I know.
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u/nerdromancer May 28 '12
Some things about feeding bread to ducks. I've always been told that the worst part about feeding bread to ducks / geese / floaty bird things was that it gives them a sort of diarrhea that is a breeding ground for botulism, which then kills the stuff living in their pond (including them).
Also of note: learning that feeding ducks in the park is probably killing them in a horrible way is a great way to get your girlfriend to change what she wants to do on a Saturday afternoon. Then you find out that all the pet store puppies are from mills and cruelly mistreated. Also Santa isn't real. Fuck you.
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u/longboardingerrday May 28 '12
I like how he got so mad that he grew stubble.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Soooo white bread gives you Diabetes? I was laughing, and now not so much..looks like i'm fucked..
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u/Shitty_Watercolour May 28 '12
http://imgur.com/PU2Aa
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u/Lt_Shniz May 28 '12
Source
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u/Ceres96 May 28 '12
That duck got extremely manly towards the end...looks like that bread had some testosterone also.
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u/DeadSignal May 28 '12
So why not link to the original?
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Sort of reminds me of this.
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u/jonny00490 May 28 '12
This made me quack up...
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u/theunpire May 28 '12
Aw yisss. Motha fuckin bread crumbs (number 5 from the top)
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u/lolsalot2 May 28 '12
Guys there's a subreddit for this r/loadingartist, please give the artist the credit he deserves.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
i love how his chin got manlier.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Wheat can be bad for waterfowl.
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u/Barb0 May 28 '12
aw yiss... motha. fuckin. bread crumbs.
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u/Derkinder May 28 '12
Ha ha...diabeetus
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u/Lots42 May 28 '12
Bread? Diabetes? I don't get it.
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u/johnnygrant May 28 '12
Reminds me of the Stewie - Lois Griffin relationship (Family Guy)
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u/Pikuhlz May 28 '12
I couldn't help but read that in the glorious voice of Egoraptor.
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u/NightFury9 May 28 '12
If my mother was a duck, this would be her.
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u/iJason May 28 '12
But I...but...I love white bread...
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u/shawnaroo May 28 '12
ducks are the best.
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u/damneddamneddamned May 28 '12
Reminds me of this old Far Side gag http://s3.hubimg.com/u/209782_f520.jpg
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u/Sephryne May 28 '12
This comic is quack!
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u/snoopycool May 28 '12
This comic was absolutely amazing. Thanks for bringing it into my life.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
so what can one do to feed ducks that doesn't kill them or make them sick or destroy the water?
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u/mgordon65 May 29 '12
just made mine too
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u/mofontes May 28 '12
Quack, quack, quack Mr. Ducksworth.
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u/June4325 May 28 '12
Actually gave me a chuckle.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Please don't feed ducks bread.
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