Question ...duck?

mmap · March 31st, 2005, 11:00 AM

OK, this is WAYYY of topic but here goes...

A friend of mine asked me last weekend why are daffy duck and donald duck both ducks when clearly they are different spieces of animals?? This has been REALLY bugging me ever since, consulted the aid of a good dictionary and both species according to it are called duck?!?!?! WHYYYYY??

Does the english language really not have separate words for these very common different species, or is this some weird thing were both are actually "officially" the same species even thought they look different (and other languages have different names for them)

Can some one out there explain his to me?

Jostyrostelli · March 31st, 2005, 11:05 AM

Huh, they're not real...

And as far as I know, real ducks don't wear shirts either.

images/smilies/wink.gif

swek · March 31st, 2005, 11:09 AM

I don't really get what you mean. Do you mean Duck and Goose ?
I've did a little research and white ducks do exist. Take a look.

http://www.lizenzfreie-bilder-cds.de/galery/data/display/Weisse-Ente-1088085985.jpeg

mmap · March 31st, 2005, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jostyrostelli

Huh, they're not real...

And as far as I know, real ducks don't wear shirts either.

images/smilies/wink.gif

LOL, well DAHHH.

If you go to your local pond you can find two different looking birds and I cannot accept that I would have to call them both ducks, that's just plain wrong images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Jostyrostelli · March 31st, 2005, 11:14 AM

oh we have black ducks and we don't call them just 'ducks'..

http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/S...picalDucks.htm

Maybe something, there is alot about ducks on the internet images/smilies/biggrin.gif

mmap · March 31st, 2005, 11:15 AM

Nope Goose is a diferent animal all together... maybe I am alone with this problem.

in the finninsh language we have two different species:

Ankka = Duck??
Sorsa = Duck (this is the one in majority in Swek's lovely photo)

This could be what's been messing my brain lately. I dunno, I have no clue about biology so maybe people in finland just call white ducks with a different name and ths piece of information as escaped me (perhaps I was away during that class in school images/smilies/lol.gif

) NOTE all you minors, stay in school! this will enable you to avoid moments of bewilderment like this!

swek · March 31st, 2005, 11:19 AM

I've just translated ankka into German, guess what ? It's a duck. images/smilies/lol.gif

mmap · March 31st, 2005, 11:30 AM

Yeah... furiating.

And I wasn't able to find a singe picture of an "ankka" in the WHOOOOLE if the interweb (well I just googled it nothing more, but still). I'll send an e-mail to the finnish birdwatchers society and bug them with this thing.

Jostyrostelli · March 31st, 2005, 11:42 AM

Amazing what can annoy people images/smilies/lol.gif

andyhui01 · March 31st, 2005, 12:45 PM

hmm... I've never thought of that... DAMN, this thing is gonna have me thinking the whole night again images/smilies/lol.gif

Treza360 · March 31st, 2005, 1:32 PM

They're all ducks but there are different types of duck. I'm not up on my duck types so i will give different examples.

Tigers: Bengal, Siberian (I think there might be more but i'm not sure).

Elephants: Indian, African

Kangaroos: Grey, Red

While people justsay Tiger, Elephant, Kangaroo they do have specific names. Hope this helps your understanding a bit.

Raheel · March 31st, 2005, 3:15 PM

Look at it this way....there are many different types, shapes and sizes of cats. they all are different but are all cats.

Same story with dogs....

And the same applies to ducks, you have different colours, and types of ducks....Daffy is a black duck, Donald is white....

Heres a similarity between the two : "Both are superstars"

mmap · March 31st, 2005, 3:38 PM

OK, so it's just my own stupid language that's throwing me off here...

bone · March 31st, 2005, 3:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muumipeikko

If you go to your local pond you can find two different looking birds and I cannot accept that I would have to call them both ducks, that's just plain wrong images/smilies/biggrin.gif

http://roland.collignon.free.fr/races/pitbull.jpg

http://www.welpen.de/zverzeichnis/bilder/berner.jpg

so you wouldn't call these 2 animals dogs? would you images/smilies/tongue.gif

all animals come in several varieties

and in many colors images/smilies/smile.gif

mmap · March 31st, 2005, 5:03 PM

^^ ehm, no

The top one I would call: "One ugly muthafu*** with way too thin skin" and the bottom one would be: "jolly, hairy thingamajingy"

Ultra_Kool_Dude · March 31st, 2005, 6:13 PM

I want to wrestle with that tough looking dog.

Jostyrostelli · March 31st, 2005, 6:18 PM

^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eddie Murphy

You're a special kinda guy

bone · March 31st, 2005, 7:54 PM

he does look inviting images/smilies/lol.gif

i am sure gonna get a dog looking like that.
that one is a pitbull, but there's a lot of hussle around those dogs around here, so a boxer or a bulldog are more likely

(a friend of mine has a pitbull and an argentinian (sp:s) dog, you should see that beast, SO BIG!)

http://home.planet.nl/~hambe025/db_foto075.jpg

Jostyrostelli · March 31st, 2005, 7:57 PM

IF I get a dog, it will be one of these..

http://www.all-about-puppies.com/image-files/doberman_pinscher.jpg

http://wizardofclaws.com/largebreeds/dp1.jpg

Ultra_Kool_Dude · March 31st, 2005, 9:03 PM

When we lived in the country we had a big German Shepard and Rotweiller (sp.), they were fun to play with. I wouldn't want a dog that had to live inside or be tied up though.

March 31st, 2005, 11:00 AM	#1
mmap Joined: Sep 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 30 Posts: 1,302 Car: BMW / Suzuki VX800 Rep Power: 23	Question ...duck? OK, this is WAYYY of topic but here goes... A friend of mine asked me last weekend why are daffy duck and donald duck both ducks when clearly they are different spieces of animals?? This has been REALLY bugging me ever since, consulted the aid of a good dictionary and both species according to it are called duck?!?!?! WHYYYYY?? Does the english language really not have separate words for these very common different species, or is this some weird thing were both are actually "officially" the same species even thought they look different (and other languages have different names for them) Can some one out there explain his to me?

March 31st, 2005, 11:05 AM	#2
Jostyrostelli Joined: May 29th, 2004 Last Online: April 25th, 2009 Posts: 8,062 Rep Power: 31	Huh, they're not real... And as far as I know, real ducks don't wear shirts either. __________________ Your talents are not an achievement. What you do with them is. Owner of a 1970 Beetle 1300. (click for movies) Water is only to do the dishes.

March 31st, 2005, 11:14 AM	#5
Jostyrostelli Joined: May 29th, 2004 Last Online: April 25th, 2009 Posts: 8,062 Rep Power: 31	oh we have black ducks and we don't call them just 'ducks'.. http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/S...picalDucks.htm Maybe something, there is alot about ducks on the internet __________________ Your talents are not an achievement. What you do with them is. Owner of a 1970 Beetle 1300. (click for movies) Water is only to do the dishes.

March 31st, 2005, 11:15 AM	#6
mmap Joined: Sep 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 30 Posts: 1,302 Car: BMW / Suzuki VX800 Rep Power: 23	Nope Goose is a diferent animal all together... maybe I am alone with this problem. in the finninsh language we have two different species: Ankka = Duck?? Sorsa = Duck (this is the one in majority in Swek's lovely photo) This could be what's been messing my brain lately. I dunno, I have no clue about biology so maybe people in finland just call white ducks with a different name and ths piece of information as escaped me (perhaps I was away during that class in school ) NOTE all you minors, stay in school! this will enable you to avoid moments of bewilderment like this!

March 31st, 2005, 11:42 AM	#9
Jostyrostelli Joined: May 29th, 2004 Last Online: April 25th, 2009 Posts: 8,062 Rep Power: 31	Amazing what can annoy people __________________ Your talents are not an achievement. What you do with them is. Owner of a 1970 Beetle 1300. (click for movies) Water is only to do the dishes.

March 31st, 2005, 11:09 AM	#3
swek Ex-Moderator Joined: May 19th, 2004 Last Online: 1:15 AM Location: Hamburg, Germany Age: 27 Posts: 4,524 Car: Does a bicycle count? Rep Power: 67	I don't really get what you mean. Do you mean Duck and Goose ? I've did a little research and white ducks do exist. Take a look.

March 31st, 2005, 11:19 AM	#7
swek Ex-Moderator Joined: May 19th, 2004 Last Online: 1:15 AM Location: Hamburg, Germany Age: 27 Posts: 4,524 Car: Does a bicycle count? Rep Power: 67	I've just translated ankka into German, guess what ? It's a duck.

March 31st, 2005, 11:30 AM	#8
mmap Joined: Sep 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 30 Posts: 1,302 Car: BMW / Suzuki VX800 Rep Power: 23	Yeah... furiating. And I wasn't able to find a singe picture of an "ankka" in the WHOOOOLE if the interweb (well I just googled it nothing more, but still). I'll send an e-mail to the finnish birdwatchers society and bug them with this thing.

March 31st, 2005, 12:45 PM	#10
andyhui01 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: August 28th, 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 8,528 Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 32	hmm... I've never thought of that... DAMN, this thing is gonna have me thinking the whole night again __________________

March 31st, 2005, 1:32 PM	#11
Treza360 Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: June 28th, 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 56 Car: 2004 MkIV VW Golf R32 Rep Power: 0	They're all ducks but there are different types of duck. I'm not up on my duck types so i will give different examples. Tigers: Bengal, Siberian (I think there might be more but i'm not sure). Elephants: Indian, African Kangaroos: Grey, Red While people justsay Tiger, Elephant, Kangaroo they do have specific names. Hope this helps your understanding a bit.

March 31st, 2005, 3:15 PM	#12
Raheel Photoshop Mod Joined: Mar 21st, 2005 Last Online: November 5th, 2009 Location: London UK, (Pakistani National) Age: 24 Posts: 1,565 Car: Local Busses and Trains Rep Power: 21	Look at it this way....there are many different types, shapes and sizes of cats. they all are different but are all cats. Same story with dogs.... And the same applies to ducks, you have different colours, and types of ducks....Daffy is a black duck, Donald is white.... Heres a similarity between the two : "Both are superstars" __________________ 3aba7ech5hah: City University Racing

March 31st, 2005, 3:38 PM	#13
mmap Joined: Sep 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 30 Posts: 1,302 Car: BMW / Suzuki VX800 Rep Power: 23	OK, so it's just my own stupid language that's throwing me off here...

March 31st, 2005, 5:03 PM	#15
mmap Joined: Sep 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 30 Posts: 1,302 Car: BMW / Suzuki VX800 Rep Power: 23	^^ ehm, no The top one I would call: "One ugly muthafu*** with way too thin skin" and the bottom one would be: "jolly, hairy thingamajingy"

March 31st, 2005, 6:13 PM	#16
Ultra_Kool_Dude AWESOME!!!111ONE Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: August 4th, 2009 Location: Clarkson's House Posts: 3,681 Car: POWERR!!! Rep Power: 0	I want to wrestle with that tough looking dog. __________________ What's the difference between charity and socialism? What's the difference between sex and rape?

March 31st, 2005, 7:54 PM	#18
bone "bangle for president" Joined: Jan 14th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: belgium!! Age: 25 Posts: 6,506 Car: yamaha banshee (and an opel astra from work) Rep Power: 40	he does look inviting i am sure gonna get a dog looking like that. that one is a pitbull, but there's a lot of hussle around those dogs around here, so a boxer or a bulldog are more likely (a friend of mine has a pitbull and an argentinian (sp:s) dog, you should see that beast, SO BIG!)

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Ultra_Kool_Dude AWESOME!!!111ONE Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: August 4th, 2009 Location: Clarkson's House Posts: 3,681 Car: POWERR!!! Rep Power: 0	When we lived in the country we had a big German Shepard and Rotweiller (sp.), they were fun to play with. I wouldn't want a dog that had to live inside or be tied up though. __________________ What's the difference between charity and socialism? What's the difference between sex and rape?

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