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Can a duck eat rape?

Rape duck can be eaten, but few people eat it.

Rape duck is a unique bird in China. The number is very small, only exists in a specific climate and environment. It is difficult to breed on a large scale. It is expensive, small in size and less in meat, so few people use it as food.

Cole duck (English name: Call Duck), also known as duckling, is the descendant of mallard duck and the smallest domestic duck breed. The male duck weighs 540-740g, and the female duck is slightly smaller, weighing 425-570 g; The eyes are black or dark brown, and the beak is short; The most common colors are black and white, but there are also gray, silver, blue, apricot and other colors. Rape ducks usually eat insects, insects, grass, etc., and have good flight ability.

History of zoology

The original Cole duck was actually developed as a calling duck. Hunters usually call wild ducks into swamp traps with the help of Cole ducks, so they were originally called bait ducks. This name comes from Dutch "de kooi", which means "trap or cage", and it is also the origin of its English name "Call Duck". Cole duck is a descendant of mallard duck, and its original location is not clear at present. Cole duck was first mentioned in the Netherlands because it has been recorded, and some researchers believe that their ancestors came from Asia.

Horst Schmidt, a researcher, pointed out that Cole Duck suddenly became popular in the Netherlands in a short time of around 1800. This shows that they were not developed in Europe, but probably shipped to the Netherlands by the Dutch from dutch east indies at that time.