Common Merganser Super Mom with SIXTEEN Babies

Common merganser mom has sixteen babies (usually they lay 9-12 eggs).
SuperMom handles babies wery well.

The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) is a large sea duck of rivers and lakes.
These ducks have serrated edges to their bills to help them grip their prey, so they are often known as "sawbills".
They eat fish, molluscs, crustaceans, worms, insect larvae, and amphibians, even small mammals and birds.

00:00 Intro
00:05 All ducklings follow the mom in a row, and babies want to ride on mom's back
00:55 Common Merganser mom leads babies to a stream for feeding
01:35 All 16 babies are healthy and happy
01:50 Mallard with "only" seven ducklings looks like a small family
02:09 Babies are swimming together
02:57 Mom is supervising diving babies
04:56 A challenge for babies to climb
05:13 The end


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