Domestic ducks may not be the most intelligent of creatures.

[summer_jackel]

The five ducklings I acquired this spring have become a handsome, shiny flock of young ducks, and have been joined by a completely superfluous pigeon-size bantam drake. I got them a bigger pool today, and while its sides look taller at home than they did at the hardware store, it's only breast height on them, so they should be able to get in and out. I just put them away for the night and it looks like they finally managed, but it took them hours.

Watching a flock of ducks sadly stare at a tub of water, trying to figure out how to climb into it, was almost as entertaining as watching them eat plums.