1. The Incredible Mallard Duck
By: Nick Fletcher

2. What does my animal look like?
Mallard ducks have feathers that can be, brown, yellow, green, black, white or gray with orange feet.
These ducks weigh up to 3 pounds.
They can be as tall as 5-29 inches.
Female mallards are called hens, males are called drakes.
This animal is a reptile with a tail but no ears.
Mallards have up to 8-12 eggs when laying them.

3. Where does my animal live?
Mallard ducks live in any shallow lakes, rivers, mashes, or ponds.

4. What does my animal eat?
The Mallard duck is a herbivore that eats: water plants, grasses, seeds, insects, and frogs.
The mallards predators are crows, hawks, raccoons, skunks, pike and muskies, and snapping turtles.

5. What adaptations does it have to help it survive?
How It helps the Animal Survive
Webbed feet
Swims faster
Molting
New and clean feathers
Migrating
Going south to stay warm
Wings
To get places faster and get away from predators

6. Here are some amazing facts:
Mallard ducks could travel over 3,000 miles to migrate and know which direction south is!
Baby mallards at one day old can swim and don’t need swimming lessons!