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Indian runner duck

Children’s Farms·Bird

With legs placed farther back than most ducks and short thigh bones, this duck can stand upright and run instead of waddle. Runner ducks have a posture so nearly perpendicular that they are called “penguin ducks.”

  • Conservation StatusLeast Concern
  • Life span8-12 years
  • Body size20-26 in. long
  • Native habitat Grasslands and marine areas of Southeast Asia
  • DietGrains and insects
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