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Five Facts About Mallards:

1. A female mallard has a louder and more distinct quack sound.
2. They prefer calm, shallow places of water.
3. They eat water plants, grass seeds, insects, fish, pond weeds, snails, frogs and more.
4. Female mallards lay between 5 and 14 eggs.
5. Mallards can live as long as sixteen years, but  many only live one or two years.