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Best friends come in all shapes and sizes, and when those best friends are animals, the size can get incredibly small. In the world of birds, one species takes the cake for being absolutely adorable: the duck.

But ducks are also as clever as they are cute. They’re smart and emotional creatures. They can comprehend commands, play with toys, give kisses, and beg for snuggles and cuddles! If they’re handled gently and have gotten used to humans from an early age, ducklings can become quite friendly with people.

We collected some of the most precious duck pics you’ll ever see. Some of these cute ducks were randomly found near ponds in their natural habitat, while others became domestic and essential members of their human families. Either way, these little guys will melt your heart with their cuteness overload!

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Every Year This Mama Duck Brings Her Babies To My House And I Help Her Take Care Of Them. This Morning I Opened My Door To 13 New Peeping Fluff Balls

Black and yellow ducks walking with dark mother

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One Of Our Ducks Rejected This Duckling And It Imprinted On Me Instead. It Tired Itself Out Playing In The Grass Earlier And Stretched Out In My Hand For A Little Nap

Person holding dark and yellow duck

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This Baby Duck Is Sleeping, So People Who Are Also Going To Sleep Good Night And Dream About Ducks

Yellow duck sleeping next to person

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Ducks as a species are probably one of the most known birds on the planet. Not only because of famous ducks in history, like Donald Duck and Daffy Duck of Disney fame, but also because you can find them in literally any pond on the planet.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, domestic ducks alone had an estimated population of 1.15 billion (no pun intended), 1 billion of which were registered in a number of countries across Asia.

That’s a lot of ducks. And that’s just domesticated ones. Ducks Unlimited, a wetlands and waterfowl conservation organization, estimates that there’s roughly 34 million wild ducks currently quacking about in North America alone.

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#8

My Friend Found A Lost Baby Duck And Couldn't Say No To Adopting This Face

Person holding dark and yellow duck

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Fluffy Headrest

White duck with brown dog lying on the ground and looking

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Unfortunately, according to the same report by Ducks Unlimited, wild duck populations have dwindled in the last 3 years, dropping from an estimated 38.9 million to 34.4 million. Heck, it was 41.1 million in 2018.

This is mostly due to changes in their natural habitat. More specifically, it’s the fact that some ponds are drier than others depending on the year and hence breeding numbers fluctuate accordingly. But this is only part of it as hunting seasons are a thing, overall wetland areas continue to shrink, among other factors that impact the ducks’ population numbers.

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He Just Got A New Paddling Pool

White duck smiling

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know full well that beaks are hard, but I swear that duck is smiling.

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#14

This Duck Passing By Its Own Sign

Wood duck walking near sign

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#15

Duck Becomes This Little Boy’s Protector, Following Him Everywhere

Baby with duck in bathroom and in the box

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But while the overall numbers are still looking very good, don’t let your guard down as there are waterfowl species that are very much endangered.

The Brazilian Merganser is estimated to have a population of fewer than 250 specimens of its kind, the Orinoco goose is considered near threatened as a species, and the Madagascar pochard has less than 50 members left on the planet.

And this is besides initiatives like the Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary, which is all about rescuing abused and neglected farmed animals, including ducks. Even though the species they deal with aren’t necessarily going extinct, it’s still important to spread awareness of the need for conservation when it comes to ducks and the fight for duck and just animal rights in general.

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Some Ducks I Found At A Kia Car Showroom

Dark ducks with mother walking

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“See, kids? This thing will kill you if you don’t cross the street properly!”

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Keep scrolling to see more adorable duck photos because we all need a cute duck in our lives, but your cute animal journey doesn’t need to end here because we have other cute animal articles lined up already: here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Or, if you want to take the next big step in making sure cute animals stay a thing on our lovely planet, why not consider donating to organizations like the Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary! Or express your solidarity in the comment section below.

#24

Last Night My Wife's Uber Had A Duck In It

Dark duck in the front seat of the car

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#26

My Ducks, Mango And Django, Refuse To Sit Elsewhere

Person with two yellow duck lying on his head

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#28

People Said They Needed More Ducks... Here Are Two Of Mine

Two yellow ducks in the bath

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#30

This Looks Like Some Satanic Duck Ritual

Ducks swimming in the lake in the circles

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5-Year-Old Girl Has A Duck Best Friend Who Follows Her Everywhere And Thinks She’s His Mom

White ducks with 2 girls

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a sweet story that's been on the internet for awhile and the CBS interview with the wonderful girl and Snowflake, the duck, on You Tube is great.

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Sunbathing

Wet white duck looking

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#34

Dory My Drake, Being Lazy & Cute

White duck lying on the person

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#35

Duck Norris And Quackie Chan Want To Let You Know That Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day

Two yellow ducks standing and looking

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#36

Unexpected Baby Duck Inside My Garden

Person holding dark and yellow duck

This summer, thirteen little baby ducks were trapped inside my garden. Momma Duck was desperately shouting from my rooftop. Where they came from: no idea! Probably out of some eggs, but I couldn't find out where the nest was hidden. I decided to grab the babies, put them in a crate and release them at the lake at the end of the street, where it has always been flooded with ducks. Don't worry, mom was around the place the whole time, quacking loudly to reassure her children. I think. The first scary moments, all the poor little things gathered around, peeping and squeaking like hairy bath ducks. Catching ducklings is a great workout, those things are unbelievably fast and maneuverable dude. As soon as I spotted Mother Duck, I released the ducklings and they quickly joined her.

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#37

A Sun Hat For A Fluffy Duck

White duck with flower hat

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#39

Curious Chaser

Duck standing on the persons leg

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Swimming Season

Duck with lifebuoy

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just like the duck from Garfield & Friends with his pool floatie!

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Note: this post originally had 176 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.