minnow

A six-foot minnow? I dread to think of what a full-grown Colorado Pike looks like.

"The Colorado Pike Minnow is the largest minnow in North America. These fish have been known to reach six feet in length and 80 pounds in weight."

But do they eat ducks?

Yes, it's funny how you never hear about a big minnow.

If I were a duck, I'd eat minnows. They're very small.

Excellent. Thank you.

Most town ducks, like mallards, tend to be dabbling vegetarians, though few vegetarian animals will turn down free protein. See pika discussion.

Opportunistic minnovores, perhaps.

Thanks trivet! Do you happen to know whether your common or garden pond-ducks are minnovorous, so to speak? Ordinary town ducks, you know.

Depends on the duck - some are vegetarian, but others, like the merganser, are fishing ducks.

I wouldn't think the flat bill would be very conducive to catching or swallowing fish, but I'm no biologist...

Does anyone know if ducks eat minnows?

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip... (or something).

Uh-oh! Earworm alert!!