madagascan-pochard &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/madagascan-pochard/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "madagascan-pochard" Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:56 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Easter science facts - the word's rarest ducklings]]> http://geeksciencefactoftheday.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/easter-science-facts-the-words-rarest-ducklings/ Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:39 +0000 Suzanne Elvidge http://geeksciencefactoftheday.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/easter-science-facts-the-words-rarest-ducklings/ The word’s rarest ducklings have hatched – eighteen Madagascan pochard ducklings are doing well at a captive breeding centre in Madagascar.

Madagascan pochardsThese are the offspring of ducks that hatched from eggs and were reared in a hotel bathroom while the centre was being built. There are now around 60 Madagascan pochards in the world.

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