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u/Terminator7786 Aug 10 '26
We had a bad heat wave recently and my friend has chickens, ducks, and geese. She was constantly sending me videos of them in the little kiddie pool, under the sprinkler, eating frozen peas from water, etc. They were very happy and cool while their people were suffering lol
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u/wyntr86 Aug 10 '26
Our hens all summer have had water refreshed/changed twice daily, fans, tons of shade, sand for the dirt baths, frozen watermelon, various other frozen veggies and fruits, etc. The girls are always so stoked when they see us coming down with the green tote bag, they know they are about to get something good. I'm telling you, those girls eat better than we do sometimes. They return the favor by continuing to produce eggs at their normal amount when I'm hearing others who have a few hens have slowed down due to the heat.
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u/Terminator7786 Aug 10 '26
I don't think my friend has had a slowdown in production either! All her birds look pretty happy. Even their dick of a turkey lol
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u/TheWritingSystem Aug 10 '26
Makes sense they care so much about the precious birds. They can't sweat like we can!
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u/totally_not_a_dog113 Aug 10 '26
My horse colic-ed because of the heat. When the vet came, he said he'd had a bunch of calls for the same thing all day.
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u/Terminator7786 Aug 10 '26
Dude basically. It hit 110 up by me with humidity. That's unheard of, especially when our winters can hit -60 with windchill
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u/faisalkl Aug 10 '26
Crazy
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u/Terminator7786 Aug 10 '26
I hate the heat, I'm autistic and already struggle with temperature regulation and sensory issues that arise from being too hot. This summer has been hell. I'm constantly exhausted, pissy, and can't stand the feeling of my own skin when I walk outside cause it feels like everything just clings to me cause the sweat can't evaporate.
Give me the -60 any day. I can always put more layers on. There's only so much I can take off if I get too hot before I end up on a list somewhere.
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u/Adventurous-Brain-36 Aug 10 '26
Where do you live that hits -60? I’m in northern Canada and temps like that are extremely rare and have only ever occurred well north of even here.
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u/h497 Aug 10 '26
Please share them lol
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u/Terminator7786 Aug 10 '26
I wish I could! The worst of the heat wave was a couple weeks ago and that's when I was getting most of the videos. It was making me so happy cause I got to sort of name one of the geese and he was just loving it and honking and flapping. I was like, "Go, Ryan!" (The goose's name is Ryan lol)
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u/h497 Aug 10 '26
That's cute!
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u/Terminator7786 Aug 10 '26
She was struggling with an idea on how to keep them secured but still let them roam as goslings cause they had to keep them in the house for a bit. They were too little to put with the other birds yet. I suggested something similar to a whelping box for puppies, but made of like those moveable wire enclosures people put up for dogs. I suggested laying a tarp down inside that and securing it to the fence, that way they could have bedding and not worry about goose messes in their floor.
My friend called me a genius and said if one of the geese turned out to be a male, she'd name him after me. I said, "No, don't name him u/Terminator7786. Name him Ryan. After Ryan Gosling. Cause you know, he's a goose."
Well it turns out Ryan was in fact a Ryan and received his name change to make it so 😂
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u/h497 Aug 10 '26
Ryan Goosling is a great name. But a goose called Terminator is also quite funny!
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u/Head-Delay-763 Aug 09 '26
We are so cooked
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u/rapgameoprahwinfrey Aug 10 '26
The hotter it gets, more animals/people die from heat exhaustion/drought. Then everyone turns up their AC which shuts down the grid etc etc. Headed towards a shit storm.
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u/ButteredPizza69420 Aug 10 '26
Plant more trees ASAP if you have property
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u/SoundMasher Aug 10 '26
I live in the desert. This is not a practical plan without a reliable source of water. Sure it's fine now, but it won't last.
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u/Lockraemono Aug 10 '26
Fair, but it can be helpful for your household to have trees near your house.
Where I used to live in Arizona, around Phoenix, SRP sponsored tree programs where they'd teach locals how to care of local trees, then helped them with acquiring trees that are appropriate for the area. https://www.srpnet.com/energy-savings-rebates/home/shade-tree-workshop It's worth checking to see if your local energy agencies or similar have programs like this, imo
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u/Sightline Aug 10 '26
WHY does this have to be a "workshop". Thankfully they have a good link if you scroll down, https://treesmatter.org/TreeSheets
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u/Arcenus Aug 10 '26
You should probably look into native flora, maybe native bushes instead of outright trees
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u/Castor1234 Aug 10 '26
Plus you're still fighting against the people who started all of this and would love more things to destroy
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u/carlitospig Aug 10 '26
There’s so much we can do. China spent billions de-desertifying about twenty years ago and they’re seeing some great results already. It’s really grasses that we need first. Once they get the biome back to moist then you plant the trees, and it continues lowering surface temps which in turn creates more moisture closer to the surface and the cycles keeps going. It’s a fascinating project.
We are just way too short term in this country, so soon California will look like the Fertile Crescent does now, and one day there will be some biologist who claims that we use to grow citrus trees and their peers will call them a lunatic for suggesting it.
The China desert project, though I find it more interesting on YouTube: http://english.scio.gov.cn/m/chinavoices/2024-06/18/content_117259507.htm
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u/Naughty_Monsters Aug 10 '26
My neighbour is only after cutting all the ones (that didn't have a tree preservation order on them) in their garden down at the weekend, so he can have some more sun on the patio area he's building. I think he might regret it in 10 years.
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u/Tufoot Aug 10 '26
Ive been planting chestnuts all over, I feel the need to clarify im careful and select region specific breeds. We need to bring back the old forests.
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u/Nauin Aug 10 '26
On a brighter note, Texas has survived this summer without rolling blackouts for the first time in years during multiple heat domes thanks to how much they have invested in solar and wind power over the last three years.
The renewable train may slow down but it's not stopping any time soon and if places like frikken Texas have already turned to them this early into the climate crisis, similarly regressive places will fall in line under the same financial and community pressures quickly enough, too. They didn't make it even a full decade headlining with their power outages before investing in green energy, it was only five to seven years for them to turn things around if I'm remembering the correctly.
It's not going to do much to help our animal populations in the moment, but it feeds more into the steps we need to take to slow climate change down a little.
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u/baroquesun Aug 10 '26
Dont worry, Amazon's new Texas AI data center will make sure to cancel out all that progress 🫠 https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/rXo0Q0Htfx
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u/GooeyEngineer Aug 10 '26
I have good news from someone who works in Texas on things. They are all paused.
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u/HalKitzmiller Aug 10 '26
It then comes at the perfect time that Diaper Don signed an EO for 15% tariffs on solar panels. No doubt after some "campaign donations" by US brands
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u/IEatLightBulbsSoWhat Aug 10 '26
rolling blackouts were never a regular thing in texas summers.
February 2021 had rolling blackouts and it was a huge deal. it hasn't happened since then and it wasn't common before then.
i assume you're thinking of conservation warnings, where the grid operator asks people to use less power during peak demand hours.
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u/EidolonLives Aug 10 '26
Here in Australia, air con is essentally no longer a problem for the grid, or power bills. We have so much domestic rooftop solar installed that people are getting free or near free power in the day in most of the country, except in the colder months in the sounth. And that goes for even those who don't have solar installed on their own house, because of all the excess power that gets fed back into the grid.
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u/PCMasterCucks Aug 10 '26
Have you thought about oil and coal profits though?
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u/rapgameoprahwinfrey Aug 10 '26
Humans, our own worst enemy. A tale as old as time, unfortunately.
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u/EidolonLives Aug 10 '26
Americans, rather, are their own worst enemy. In other places, it's very cost effective to install domestic solar.
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u/PrisonerV Aug 10 '26
Solar and power stations. Take you AC off grid and then learn how you can cut the cord to power grid and make your own power.
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u/CreativeFraud Aug 10 '26
I do wonder if there's a way to watch the future unfold. Idiocracy turned out to be quite accurate to our current days way ahead of schedule.
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u/MantidKitteh Aug 10 '26
The plants really do crave...🌧️🌊 (water)
I spent the first 30 minutes of that movie saying, "What the...", "Are they serious?!", "But he's an idiot!"... And then once he started dealing with other people I was like, "Good Graces... A one eyed man is king of the blind...🤦"...🙄
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u/Pkactus Aug 10 '26
haha just wait until people understand that trees are straws and that temp rising is goin to destroy their vascular ability. tee hee we're Poooooooched!
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u/MattVs-2 Aug 10 '26
I’ll never trust a man who kidnapped the presidents son!! (And never got caught)
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u/bashbrother2480 Aug 10 '26
But he did get caught. He went to prison and had to face all those dementors!
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u/BlackberryPi7 Aug 10 '26
People need to stop electing senile idiots so we can get people who actually listen to the experts that warned us several times about global warming.
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u/cilantro_so_good Aug 10 '26
People need to stop electing senile idiots
The fact that people believe that it is just "old people" is a huge part of the problem
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u/c0st0fl0ving Aug 10 '26
None of them care. Environmentalism is nothing but a point of leverage for these greedy animals to make money and manipulate people to their own benefit. Not a single one of these politicians cafe about the environment.
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u/bossfoundmylastone Aug 10 '26
This kind of cynicism just breeds self-destructive apathy. A co-founder of the Sunrise Movement just won a house primary.
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u/c0st0fl0ving Aug 10 '26
I’m not apathetic. I just know better than to think our government is run for any other reason than self-interest.
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u/JohnCenaJunior Aug 10 '26
Just wait til we learn how much the people in India will suffer before we start to panic.
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u/Named_after_color Aug 10 '26
It's not like we rely on their cheap labor or pharmaceutical manufacturing or anything.
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u/EmberSolaris Aug 10 '26
TIL that ducks pant when hot.
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Aug 10 '26
A lot of things pant, because they don’t have sweat glands like we do. In this case, what the ducks are doing is called gular fluttering.
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u/Pans_Labradoodle Aug 10 '26
Sweating is relatively new, evolutionarily speaking, found mostly in humans, horses, and a few primates. It’s a pretty crazy and unique adaptation, allowing you to cool off in the go without interfering with breathing. It’s kind of an evolutionary superpower that allowed us to become apex predators through sheer endurance.
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u/opiedopie08 Aug 10 '26
Pool.
Kiddie pool.
Dog pool.
Wash basin.
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u/prunepicker Aug 10 '26
Many years ago, I babysat (ducksat?) a friend’s two ducks. She had a kiddie pool with a slide, in her backyard. I watched those ducks waddle up the steps, slide down into the water, bob to the side of the pool, hop out, waddle around the pool, go up the steps, slide down, rinse and repeat, all afternoon. It was one of my favorite babysitting gigs.
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u/Jeans_609 Aug 10 '26
Yeah, I was thinking thinking why wouldn't you have a pool for your ducks.
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u/TerrorTown77 Aug 10 '26
If I'm not mistaken, water is mandatory for ducks, else they can't clear their sinuses.
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u/AcTaviousBlack Aug 10 '26
They need water to help swallow their food among other things. Duck ponds are great for them but they tend to get dirty very quickly and turn the area around it into a muddy mess. I can see why someone might not opt for it. I had a kiddie pool that I cut a hole into and hot-glued a water spout to drain and clean for my ducks. But when it was not clean, boy did the mosquitos love it.
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u/cryptobro42069 Aug 10 '26
Ducks might eat it, but you could try throwing some mosquito dunks in there. Then again, it's encouragement to clean it; might not be the worst problem to have.
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u/Rensamera Aug 10 '26
Yes, they need daily access to water at least as deep as the tip of their beak to their eyes. You can tell when one hasn't been able to wash their eyes for a day or so for whatever reason, because they'll start getting white foam in the corner of their eyes. The eye foam goes away once the water problem has been fixed. These ducks obviously have access to water somewhere.
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u/ameddin73 Aug 10 '26
Probably have a pond in the sun. Ducks like to hang out in the shade between swims.
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u/Adventurous-Brain-36 Aug 10 '26
Like why do those ducks not have water they can swim in? They’re fucking ducks.
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u/beerme72 Aug 10 '26
My G-parents lived kind of in the country and their neighbors had chickens....yard birds.
And Grandma would turn on her sprinkler for her garden and the chickens would run across the street to be in the water...then they'd eat bugs and then go home. She considered it a symbiotic relationship.
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u/E0H1PPU5 Aug 10 '26
I have pekins and they are disgusting little dirt balls, so no pond for them!
Instead they have baby pools that I can easily dump, rinse and refill.
This summer has been so brutal that I set up their pools with the hose at a slow trickle to keep it constantly cool and full. The runoff trickled down to my pigs wallowing hole and did the same there…everyone was still hot, but the constant fresh cold water was a life saver!
We also have a horse-sized splash pad that the horse, pigs, and ducks adore!
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u/Blazzah Aug 10 '26
That's an awesome setup! Yeah they destroy a pool in less than a day, it's really impressive 😂
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u/MissClawdy Aug 10 '26
How do you have ducks without a pond or a water source? :(
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u/Dustin0791 Aug 10 '26
Just wait till you see the Aquarium community... and here we are blessing this lady.
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u/boat-dog Aug 10 '26
Are we sure these are OP’s ducks? They could just be random ducks that were there for the shade ?
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u/Fearful-Cow Aug 10 '26
ah yes the massive group of ducks that land far from water in a rural community but trust humans.
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u/boat-dog Aug 10 '26
Okay yeah my bad I watched on mute the first time and didn’t realize they called one of the ducks by name
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u/h0e4h0es Aug 10 '26
They could be recurent ducks. I have a recurent groundhog i call Max showing up from time to time. We also have darling, a mama deer who has her babies often around my nook of the river.
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u/Rensamera Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
My own ducks have bowls and kiddie pools all over the yard, and a creek... But nobody can tell ducks where they should sit outside, lol. We can't see her whole property, and if she owns them they likely at least have water in their coop that they could go drink anytime. But that kind of thinking can be pretty abstract for ducks, I love em but they're not particularly smart birds...
96 is not too bad for them, on a day like that I'd just be keeping an eye on them and if I saw them panting like this I'd give them a sprinkler exactly like this gal did or set a bowl of cool water closer to wherever they chose to sit.
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u/TheLongestMeter Aug 09 '26
Are those white ones Pekins? I really hope they have access to a pond and not just stuck on their property without a place to swim.
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u/USDXBS Aug 10 '26
On mornings when it's going to be hot, I put out a dish of ice in the alley so it melts it eventually melts into water for whatever animal wants it. I also put a stick in it so bugs can get out.
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u/anarcho_cardigan Aug 10 '26
Why don’t they have a pool? Or some kind of basin?
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u/Rensamera Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
Knowing ducks, they could very well have wandered out of sight of their usual water source, and since they can't see it they forgot they can just go back.
Rest assured, though: if they didn't have access to deep water somewhere, their eyes would have foam in them and their noses would get all crusty in a matter of days. These ducks look healthy to me.
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u/Notchersfireroad Aug 10 '26
I do this for my chickens and 2 maybe 3 like it and all the rest look offended.
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
All birds do. They don’t have many ways of dealing with extreme heat except for open mouth breathing. I always leave multiple shallow basins of water for the wild birds in my yard. They all look so relieved to find water. I wish more people would consider the animals who are suffering during severe heat.
Of note, open mouth breathing can be a sign of respiratory distress in both birds and especially mammals. So context is important. For instance, you should never see a rabbit open mouth breathing, that is a sign of a very serious problem. If it’s not hot and you see a bird open mouth breathing, it is also a sign of a very serious problem.
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u/gunfirinmaniac Aug 10 '26
I always leave some dog bowls outside filled with water in my limited city garden.
I never see birds drinking but in my mind itll help some insects too
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u/Sammiskitkat Aug 10 '26
Did anybody else listen with mute on and immediately hear “Aflak!” when that first one opened its beak?
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u/severe_thunderstorm Aug 10 '26
I raise ducks. A plastic baby pool or even shallow tote would bring them immense joy and allow them to clean their sinuses.
Also thawed frozen peas are their absolute favorite treat and they’re also really good for their health in moderation.
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u/AttitudeNo4911 Aug 10 '26
It’s always crazy to me that you can absolutely tell when animals are smiling. I love it.
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u/SnowBear78 Aug 10 '26
If they are pet ducks (they're certainly not wild ducks) they should have access to a pool of some kind. Not just a sprinkler.
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u/letsgorangers12345 Aug 10 '26
Bravo human. People like you are the reason I continue waking up in the morning. There is hope for us as a species after all.
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u/mkt853 Aug 10 '26
Put out some bowls of nice fresh water with ice cubes!! 🦆 😍 🦆 ❤️
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u/One-Basil-895 Aug 10 '26
"Do not, my friends, become addicted to water! It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!"
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u/LoadedLapidist Aug 10 '26
I experienced this in my back yard when it hit 117 where i live in Oregon. I noticed birds in the trees panting. Put the sprinkler in the shade on low for them. I couldn’t believe the variety and amount of birds on the ground, in the water, panting with their wings spread.
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u/Freespyryt5 Aug 10 '26
We do splash pads and kiddie pools. The pools we refill in the morning and turn on the splash pads for 15-30 minutes at a time a few times a day.
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u/Hurry_Front Aug 10 '26
Great! Now theyre going to worship you as their new God! Congratulations, you now have a duck religion🤣
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u/fractious_kitty Aug 10 '26
If you really want to make their day, give them a bucket full of ice water and frozen peas
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u/Head-Store7585 Aug 10 '26
Seeing bees dead from the heat all over the place where I live...shits so sad
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u/Shady_Scientist Aug 10 '26
I just love how ducks of all different breeds are still ducks with eachother
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u/TipRare1321 Aug 10 '26
This is so cool. I keep fresh water always available in my back yard and on my front porch for the birds, deer and critters.
Least I can do since we’re ruining their habitat and the climate.
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u/flyingbutresses Aug 10 '26
I had wild ducks at my last house. A particular female and I became good friends. She’d eat from my hand and trusted me with her ducklings. I hope she’s well.
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u/mother_superior_6 Aug 10 '26
Look at OP wasting all that water while data centers are hanging on for dear life. Smh. /S
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u/RadishRedditor Aug 12 '26
Is it just me or is the trendy use of pov is plain stupid? You could drop it and still get the same meaning.
It also doesn't make sense to say person of view it's 94F. Have we become this brain rotten?
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u/SEGA_32X_CD Aug 10 '26
If you ignore the heat, it looks like a very funny conversation they are having.
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u/revo442 Aug 10 '26
Ducks need to be able to put their heads under water. They really do need a natural body of water.
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u/TheGratefulJuggler Aug 10 '26
I hate reddit's new video formate. Let me get rid of the text overlay.
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u/olympicmarcus Aug 10 '26
I'm in the UK and it's been pretty brutal for wildlife this year. We have several families of seagulls on roofs around us and literally every single chick died during the June heatwave because they were too young to fly and had no shade.
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u/Scary_Outside2374 Aug 10 '26
I hope the people who like denying climate change are happy. They got their way.
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u/blacklotusY Aug 10 '26
Earth's temperature has been increasing every year. This is only going to get worse and worse because of global warming. Asia has been experiencing 40C+, and humid makes it even worse.
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