We do have one drake who is in love with my youngest daughter. She raised him from an egg, and named him Yellow. Yellow used to chase her around the yard in hopes of making her his mate. I offered to rehome the confused creature, but she said being chased by a duck was good exercise (Kids!!). Now he's old, floppy, and slow. He still comes to us for a treat, but he doesn't chase anymore. We laugh at the home videos, though, and my daughter became such an accomplished runner she's been in quite a few competitions! That's the closest we've come to "aggression" against humans.
I concede that to each other, when battling for pecking order, the drakes can be tough. They bite each other's backs and beat each other with their wings - it's impressive to see, but once the weaker one is driven off peace prevails.
No animal is 100% calm and safe and tame all of the time. I've even been chomped by a pet hamster - should we stop kids from interacting with animals entirely, to keep them "safe"?
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OK i am going to agree.
It's rare for a drake to become aggrisive, but they do happen.
I had both aggressive and non-aggressive drakes, since Muscovy drakes are such large birds they could do a lot of damage to a young kid or even an adult if they decided to attack. I'm not saying they all are, but with that many ducks you are bound to have several that will attack.
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