{"id":756,"date":"2014-04-10T00:19:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T04:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=756"},"modified":"2015-06-21T01:39:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T05:39:16","slug":"muscovy-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2014\/04\/10\/muscovy-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscovy Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Muscovy duck is one of the few farm animals that were originally domesticated on the American continent where they are indigenous.
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Domestic Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata<\/em>) living in the Szeged Zoo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

While most domestic ducks descended from the mallard<\/a>, Muscovy ducks are a separate species. Wild Muscovy ducks still live in the United States and Mexico.<\/p>\n

Muscovy ducks don’t quack, in fact they are very quiet — probably this is why in Hungarian the Muscovy duck is called the mute duck (néma kacsa<\/em>). On the other hand they seem to have some sort of Muscovy duck sign language made up of head nodding and various other gestures.<\/p>\n

The Mulard duck that is the main type of duck farmed for meat and foie gras<\/a> in North America is an infertile hybrid, bread by crossing the male Muscovy duck and the female Pekin duck (domesticated mallard).<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nInterestingly the Internet is full of Muscovy duck fan pages, here are a select few:<\/p>\n

South Florida Muscovy Ducks<\/a>.
\nRaising Muscovy Ducks<\/a>.
\nMuscovy Ducks \u2013 A Comprehensive Guide<\/a>.
\nThe Muscovy Duck<\/a>.
\nWhy Muscovy?<\/a>
\nMuscovy Duck<\/a> on Wikipedia.
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