If you ever visit a park, pond, stream, river, farm, or zoo there’s a good chance for you to come across a duck. The different wild and domesticated ducks span the entire world and every continent – even Antarctica!
And while you observe them walking, swimming, diving, or flying, one thing you will notice is a nearly universal lack of clothing. Yes, some ducks will be fitted with tracking tags around their leg and many ducks have coloring that resemble clothing, such as a collar. But those aren’t clothes.
The most common clothing for a duck to be found in is a sweater. This is more typical for chickens, but ducks wear them for the same reason. Domestic ducks that can’t migrate during winter are kept in coops or barns, but still can use some help keeping the cold away, so some people make or buy knit sweaters to put on their ducks.
What is a Duck Pant?
Besides being a type of waterfowl, “duck” is also a type of fabric. Similar to denim, duck fabric is a type of cotton canvas. It is waterproof, durable, but not as comfortable. Duck fabric is used most often in clothing as jackets or aprons, but is also used for pants.
How do Ducks Wear Pants?
Here’s a quandary – if a duck were to wear pants, how would they situate on the duck’s body? One option is for them to cover the bottom half of the duck’s body while the other fits the top of the pants across the duck’s back.
Do Cartoon Ducks Wear Pants?
Mostly no. The quandary from before due to the bulbous midsection of ducks makes pants awkward to add to cartoon duck characters. Both Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons have famous ducks that don’t wear pants – Daffy, Donald, Daisy, and Scrooge McDuck. However, there have been occasions when these characters do wear pants and other characters that always wear pants. Donald wears swim trunks at the pool and beach. Daffy wears “mall pants.” Howard the Duck (Marvel Comics) wears pants, as does Launchpad McQuack (Disney’s DuckTales) and the 90’s cartoon characters from The Mighty Ducks (hockey playing humanoid ducks from the planet Puckworld in another universe, also Disney).
Can Ducks Wear Pants?
Not only can they, but in some places, it is required. In Springfield, USA there is a town law requiring ducks to wear long pants.
Do Ducks Wear Pants?
Yes, ducks wear pants. They do so for a number of reasons – for personal choice, societal pressure, or to abide by the law. It is undeniable that ducks can, should, and do wear pants.
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