DUCKS ON PATROL: Around 500 Indian runner ducks hunt for bugs and snails at a vineyard in South Africa to work as a natural pest control. The animals help the owners stay away from pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. | 8 News Now

My first time to see this kind of duck, the Indian runner duck. Indian Runners are a breed of Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, the domestic duck. They stand erect like penguins and, rather than waddling, they run.They were bred on the Indonesian islands of Lombok, Java and Bali. These ducks do not fly and only rarely form nests and incubate their own eggs. They run or walk, often dropping their eggs wherever they happen to be. The breed arrived in the Western world in the 19th century; they have s

Running into the weekend like… 🦆 These Indian runner ducks get their name from their unique, penguin-like body style; giving the impression they are running instead of waddling. Oddly enough, they are nicknamed the “bowling pin duck” based off the resemblance! 🎳 They are also omnivores, typically consuming lettuce and small veggies like corn and peas, but will also receive crickets and super worms. On occasion, you can find them “running” to steal a mouse from the sandhill cranes. 😜 We hope y