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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 99 points 5 days ago (22 children)

For some reason this post caused me to search to see if there are types of birdseed which are not suitable for ducks. From a few minutes of reading, I'm relatively sure now that at least all common types of birdseed are fine for them. But, along the way, I found this LLM slop https://plantnative.org/can-ducks-eat-bird-seed.htm (URL rendered unclickable since it is spam) which strongly implies that ducks are not in fact birds:

  • "Yes, ducks do eat bird seed. Although bird seeds are specifically prepared to meet the nutrient demand of birds. But still, bird seed can be served as a snack to ducks in limited amounts."
  • "Bird seeds are loaded with nutrients and can be beneficial for ducks the way they are for birds."
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

which strongly implies that ducks are not in fact birds

Well, duh. Birds aren't real, they're drones made by the government. But who in the hell would make a duck-shaped drone? That's absolutely absurd

[–] ouRKaoS 3 points 5 days ago

Well now it makes sense that there's duck drones... They can fly, swim, get closer to people than other "birds"... If you feed one once & it comes back, you think it remembered the food, not that it's conducting further information gathering.

It's conspiracies all the way down!

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