Ducks! Even if you don’t have ducks, we hope the duck facts in this article will help you better appreciate these amazing creatures! DUCKS CAN CLOSE ONE EYE AND PUT HALF THEIR BRAIN TO SLEEP. Alligators, ospreys, bald eagles… there are a lot of critters out there that would like to make a meal of a duck. One way ducks have adapted to get some good shut-eye while still keeping a look out for potential danger is to close one eye in order to put half their brain to sleep while keeping the other eye open and the other half of their brain awake and alert. DUCKS PERFORM INSANE AERIAL FEATS. Like a duck out of water? Sure, ducks might not be great at locomoting on land, but they’re remarkably good flyers, especially when migrating. Their average flight speed is 50 mph (for reference, Usain Bolt can barely top 23 mph), and some ducks can achieve much greater speeds. A red-breasted merganser was recorded flying at 100 mph, which is about 40 mph faster than a cheetah, the world’s fastest land animal. The picture is at .... https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.tyrantfarms.com/Img/Tyrant%20Farms%20-%20Blog/updated-images-May_19_2018/duck-flapping-wings.png