Friday, January 4, 2013

Oh my gosh, that duck has TEETH!

       Imagine yourself as a fish. You have decided to take a morning swim through the lake. You are feeling pretty good, and you're minding you own buissiness. Little do you know that a viscious razor toothed duck named Vlad  has decided to have you and your little fishy friends for breakfast! You swim right into the serated mouth of death. In other words, the mouth of Vlad. Pain swallows your body, and black death engulfes your soul. You struggle to hold on to dear life, but you are forced down it's gulet, never to see the light of day again. You have been eaten by the not so freindly Vlad... he is a Common Merganser.
You and Vlad, together forever!
Vlad's assult weapon.
       Common Mergansers such as Vlad or his brother Phill (who ate the rest of your family), are a special kind of duck with a serated bill, which gives it the appearence of having teeth. They have a long thin bill and black patches of feathers on their back. The male has a greenhead. The female has an orange-brown head that spikes out in the back  As a snack they eat poor defenseles fishies like yourself. They live in North America, Asia, and Europe. They have "fins" on their feet that help them swim in lakes to eat fish. So, if you have thought about being a fish, you might want to rethink that.