Extreme parents: photographer takes a super-hen with 76 ducklings

It's parenting to the extreme. A female duck with 76 ducks in her charge.

Where she goes, they follow. All

Brent Cizek, an amateur photographer of wild animals, saw the brood from afar while he was boating on Lake Bemidgi, Minnesota, United States. So he went to them to find out more.

"I was blown away by what I saw," he said, just before going to bed Tuesday night, local time.

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"It was a very windy day, and the waves on the lake made the maneuvering of my little boat very difficult, but as soon as I saw the chicken at the front with the chicks in tow, I knew I had to do everything I could to get a picture.

"I took a lot of pictures and I just prayed that one of the photos be in focus, with all the brood in the frame.I rushed to my house to look at the pictures and I was surprised by the picture and l & # 39; I immediately posted. "

Experts say the photo, shared by birdwatchers and presented on the Nat's website ional Audubon Society, is an extreme example

Yale University ornithologist, Richard O Prum, said that the New York Times was "an extraordinary observation".

Groups of 20-30 ducklings with a single hen Cizek said that he had been stunned by the international attention that his now viral photos had accumulated.

"It has been a very good experience to share the photo with so many people." The nature is really amazing, and I learned a lot about this species after taking the picture, and I hope that my photos encourage others to learn more about them. "

And he has native New Zealand wildlife in h

" New Zealand is definitely on my list! "

] Follow the photographic adventures of Brent Cizek on Instagram, Twitter or on his site, https://www.brentcizekphoto.com/

– Stuff