is this mean?

[Trimurtisan]

At the risk of inviting all sorts of criticism, I do “launch” my geese and ducks off the dock into the lake, they seem to enjoy their “duckercise”, especially on a windy day they can achieve a surprising amount of lift. I started doing it with the ducks because I felt so sorry for them when they’d try to fly in the yard, they’d flap like mad and only get up on their tippy toes no matter how hard they tried!

Duckercise!
That's going to be my new favorite word of the week.

 

[blackandtan]

You’re welcome to it! And I will find a way to fit quacktastical in a sentence tomorrow!

 

[Trimurtisan]

You’re welcome to it! And I will find a way to fit quacktastical in a sentence tomorrow!

Haha!

 

[Willowspirit]

i’m just not gonna post the video, i don’t want to start any fights

Thanks because I don’t want to see it either. The question was really about whether it’s safe to throw a duck in the air, not so much as to whether the video depicts cruelty.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Answer is yes, it would be extremely "mean".

 

[katiebrock]

At the risk of inviting all sorts of criticism, I do “launch” my geese and ducks off the dock into the lake, they seem to enjoy their “duckercise”, especially on a windy day they can achieve a surprising amount of lift. I started doing it with the ducks because I felt so sorry for them when they’d try to fly in the yard, they’d flap like mad and only get up on their tippy toes no matter how hard they tried!

Mine love to run down the hill while they are flapping, because they can get a few inches off the ground!