Southern pochard eggs for 20 to 28 days. Once the eggs hatch, the mother leads them immediately to water. The southern pochard eats mainly aquatic plants, which it finds when diving. Also, the adults tend to feed on larvae, pupae, aquatic animals, and plant material. Southern pochard The southern pochard ("Netta erythrophthalma") is a species of duck, and a member of the genus "Netta". There are two subspecies, the South American (southern) pochard "N. e. erythrophthalma" (Wied-Neuwied, 1833) and the African (southern) pochard "N. e. brunnea" (Eyton, 1838). The South American pochard has a fragmented range and is found from Colombia, Venezuela,
What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in "Folktales of Greece". It is Aarne-Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic variants, generally revolving about the exchange of clever answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale dealing with witty exchanges. In ballad form, the clever answers to the riddles, and the winning of a husband by them, are found in Child ballad 1, "Riddles Wisely Expounded". A brother argue over how they should split their land, some