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Learn exactly how ducks keep their feathers clean and dry.
Call ducks are the smallest breed of domestic duck. These ducks were originally created as a type of live decoy for hunting. Decoys are wooden or plastic ducks that draw wild ducks to where hunters are waiting. Call ducks were even better than decoys because they had a loud quack that attracted wild ducks. Now they are only kept as farm animals or pets. They are talkative and lively.
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Making Connections
Text-to-Self
What is one new thing that you learned about ducks from this book?
Text-to-Text
Have you read about any other farm animals? If so, how were those animals similar to or different from ducks?
Text-to-World
Ducks like to swim! What other birds like to swim? What else do those birds have in common with ducks?