Can the geese and ducks in "Goose and Duck Killing" fart? Goose & Duck: We don't fart at all

If we talk about the most popular games this month, Goose Goose Duck must be on the list. Similar to Werewolf, there are two camps in the game: the "righteous" goose team and the "evil" duck team, plus some neutral characters. Players use their special skills to complete tasks and win.

Goose Duck Kills | Steam

As a bird-watching enthusiast, I also had many strange questions about the bird characters in the game while playing the game.

The goose is a good guy? The duck disagrees!

"Goose and Duck" replaces the civilians and werewolves in Werewolf with cute geese and ducks, which adds a lot of fun to the game. But making geese civilians seems to underestimate the fighting power of geese.

When it comes to geese and ducks, people often think of domestic geese and ducks that are farmed (and on the table). Domestic geese are large in size, have a strong sense of territory, and have a bad temper. Even dogs will avoid them when they get angry. Domestic ducks are obviously smaller than geese, and will run away when people approach them. From the perspective of habits, geese are more suitable to play the role of bad guys than ducks .

Duck: Why should I be the bad guy? | JJ Harrison; ognevit / Wikimedia Commons

From the perspective of animal taxonomy, geese and ducks are not parallel. Although they both belong to the Anatidae family of the order Anseriformes, geese are descendants of the genus Anseriformes , domesticated from several wild geese such as the swan goose (Anser cygnoides); while ducks are a general term for birds of the subfamily Anatidae, which can be divided into multiple genera . Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata), and the diving red-headed pochard (Aythya ferina) that are commonly seen in parks can all be called "ducks".

Some of the Anatidae birds. Ducks are much more diverse than geese | Wild Animals Species / Youtube

Can geese and ducks fart?

In the game, players can press the F key to make the character fart, which is a unique way of interaction. But unfortunately, no one has discovered that birds such as geese and ducks can fart in reality .

Characters in the game can fart | Goose and Duck Kill

For mammals such as humans, farting occurs because the bacterial flora in the stomach and intestines produce gas after breaking down food. When the gas accumulates in the intestines to a certain level, farting occurs.

Although birds have the body structure required to fart, their intestines lack gas-producing bacteria , and the food they swallow passes through the entire digestive system quickly , so the gas does not have time to accumulate, so they cannot fart in the traditional sense.

Despite having the necessary body structures to fart, birds don't fart | Arend Vermazeren / Wikimedia

Canada Goose, is it an implant in down jackets?

Every civilian and every werewolf in Werewolf is the same, but in Goose and Duck, every goose and duck has its own unique role. There is a character in the goose camp called Canada Goose . When you mention this name, you may first think of a down jacket brand, but there is actually a Canada goose in the animal kingdom - Canada Goose (Branta canadensis).

The murderer who kills the Canada Goose will explode. This character is very useful to the Goose Camp | "Goose and Duck Killing"

Canada geese are widely distributed in North America and have naturally spread to Europe, where they have been introduced into many zoos and city parks. They are very good at pooping - Canada geese can poop two kilograms a day, almost twice as much as humans; and their activity areas overlap with human living areas, which has caused a lot of trouble for local people.

Canada geese have black heads and necks, with triangular white patches on their cheeks | Wikipedia

Do ducks that eat their own kind really exist?

There is a character in the Duck faction called the Bird Eater Duck , who can eat the body of a murdered player in each game. The original English name of this character is Cannibal, which means an animal that eats its own kind (such as the cannibals in the primeval forest). However, in reality, ducks usually do not eat their own kind .

Can ducks really eat birds? | Goose and Duck Killing

Most ducks feed mainly on plants, insects, etc., and sometimes eat small fish. Larger vertebrates are almost never on their menus, and cannibalism is very rare. However, when it comes to duck chicks , the situation may be different. In poultry farming, if duck chicks are in poor living conditions such as overcrowding, lack of ventilation, and insufficient nutrition, they may tend to cannibalize.

Ducklings may engage in cannibalism when living in crowded conditions | Antone Martinho / University of Oxford

In addition, ducks may also prey on some small birds , which is rare. In 2017, in a protected area in Romania, zoologists found a group of mallards chasing the chicks of two small passerine birds. A female mallard grabbed a grey wagtail chick in its mouth, repeatedly submerged it in water and eventually swallowed it; another red-tailed robin chick was driven into the water and attacked by the mallards, and eventually disappeared.

Female mallard eating chicks | SILVIU PETROVAN / MIHAI LEU

Can Pelicans Eat Geese and Ducks?

In addition to the two camps of geese and ducks, there are 6 neutral characters in "Goose and Duck Kill". Each character has unique abilities and often wins in the chaos of the goose and duck battle. For example, the pelican is a neutral character that can eat other players. However, it is too difficult for the pelican to swallow the goose in one bite!

The Pelican game icon is a scene of a swallowed bird showing its silhouette inside the pelican's stomach | Goose Duck Kills

In reality, the biggest feature of the pelican is its huge beak and well-developed throat sac , so it is also called "bag bird".

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) | Wikimedia Commons

Pelicans mostly feed on fish, but they are also cunning opportunists. For example, Australian pelicans will forage in landfills, eating food such as carrion or insects.

Pelicans also eat birds . In South Africa, chicks and eggs of South African cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) are an important food source for white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus). There are also records of pelicans swallowing pigeons in parks. Some species of pelicans even have the cannibalistic behavior mentioned above, eating chicks of the same species.

Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus) preying on chicks of the same species | References [11]

However, it's a bit difficult for pelicans to swallow geese and ducks as the game setting suggests - especially geese.

The beak of a pelican is about 30 centimeters long, and can be as long as 50 centimeters. The height of a goose, for example, the ancestor of Chinese geese, can be more than 90 centimeters. The pelican can only look at the "geese" and sigh .

There are more types of ducks, and their sizes vary greatly. Some individuals of the cotton teal (Nettapus coromandelianus), one of the smallest ducks in the world, are less than 30 centimeters long, not even as big as a domestic pigeon. In theory, it is possible for a pelican to swallow a duck . There are also real cases of pelicans swallowing ducks. In Gujarat, India, someone once photographed a female red-headed pochard falling into the mouth of a pelican.

The pelican swallowed the duck with an innocent look | Roaring earth

Who will win the title of “Dumb Bird”?

Another neutral character in the game is the Dodo Bird , whose English name is Dodo Bird, also known as the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus).

The icon of the stupid bird is also stupid|《Goose and Duck Killing》

The dodo may be the most famous extinct bird in the world. It originally existed only on the island of Mauritius. Because it was not afraid of humans and could not fly, it was hunted after humans landed on the island. Its habitat was rapidly reduced. It was also threatened by foreign species such as dogs and rats brought by humans. It eventually became extinct two hundred years after it was discovered.

Illustration of the Dodo | Wikipedia

However, in the game, the purpose of this character is to get voted out, so he often has to do some bizarre stupid behaviors (such as standing next to a corpse for a long time). The translation of "呆呆鸟" is not only accurate, but also very vivid.

Putting aside the original English name, many birds can be called "dumb bird", such as the shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), which looks stupid.

Shoebill: Say it again? Who are you calling stupid? | SanDiegoZoo

Falcon: You drew my feet wrong!

Falcon can kill other players, and the one who survives to the end wins. Its name in the original version is Falcon, which strictly means "falcon" rather than "eagle".

Bald eagle on left, peregrine falcon on right | Jeff Weymier / Peregrine; Alexander Viduetsky

Falcons are relatively small, with long, pointed wings, and they fly fast and fiercely. One of the representative species of falcons is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), which is the fastest flying bird. Its diving speed during hunting can reach up to 320 kilometers per hour, while the speed of high-speed rail is only 350 kilometers per hour.

Falcon Icon | Goose and Duck Killing

The hook-shaped claw icon in the game is the symbol of the raptor. However, the raptor's feet do not strictly look like this - the four toes are not 2 in front and 2 in the back, but 3 in front and 1 in the back.

Look at this peregrine falcon's toes | national wildlife federation

The specific structure of a bird of prey's claws is related to the prey it hunts : if the prey is a large bird or beast, the claws will be particularly strong; if the prey is a very small insect, the claws will appear slender; if the prey is a bird, the toes will be particularly extended.

The feet of five raptors: A. Goshawk B. Red-tailed Hawk C. Peregrine Falcon D. Great Grey Owl E. Osprey | References [18]

In addition, "Goose and Duck Killing" can actually lead to many other questions, such as: Will vultures eat the carcasses of geese and ducks? Can pigeons transmit diseases to geese and ducks? Do geese and ducks imitate each other?

What other interesting phenomena did you discover during the game? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section!

Figure | Killing Geese and Ducks

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