Daisy and Daffodil are twin sister, apricot ducks. Like most twins, they are in complete harmony and usually respond identically to any given situation. They have lived on the Backyard Farm all their lives and are very much part of the unique family that inhabit it.
As their names would suggest, flowers play a huge part in their lives but more than their love of flowers, plants and shrubs, is their complete adoration for the friends who come to visit them each day. Guided by Mum, they will do anything to protect and conserve the wildlife in the Backyard Farm. They cherish the full magic of a summer morning with its cacophony of sound and kaleidoscope of colours.
Ducks can see colour in the daytime, but their colour sensing capability and eye mechanisms are somewhat different than humans. Ducks see some colours more vibrantly than the others. Red, green, yellow, and blue colours are readily perceived by the eye of ducks. A duck’s eyes can see four to five times farther humans.
Ducks have powerful eye muscles to control the curvature of corneas and lenses. The manipulation in the curvature of corneas and lenses enables them to see through farther than humans. But ducks can’t see properly in the dark. They don’t have enough night light-sensing cells that will detect and analyse light in the dark. The impaired night vision of ducks also makes them vulnerable.