Watch these hardcore ducks binge on peas like there's no tomorrow

Peas at last.
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Heather Dockray
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Watch these hardcore ducks binge on peas like there's no tomorrow
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The next time you're thinking of feeding ducks your shitty leftover stale bread, don't. Feed them peas.

Bread offers very little nutritional content and, if littered on the ground, can aid in the spread of disease. Meanwhile, peas offer plenty of vitamins and minerals and ducks love them just as much.

Just take a look at this recent video of Redditor coliverse's ducks. When it comes to legumes, these ducks are insatiable beasts.

According to coliverse, that video is par for the course for his Pepe and Arnold, the ducks in the video:

"That video represents the ducks' normal reaction to peas. They scream at us if we don't give them peas by noon, so they get a small bowl of peas every day," coliverse told Mashable in a direct message.

Pepe and Arnold have more personality than the average duck:

On Twitter, people spoke out on behalf of peas, even if they questioned the duck's feeding methods:

Now excuse me while I legume-load my lunch.

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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