17K views · 395 reactions |  Fact of the day Did you know? The Australian wood duck nests in tree hollows above or near water, often returning to the same site each year to breed. #ausgeo #didyouknow #factoftheday #australia #wildlife #Australianwoodduck | Australian Geographic | Facebook

We were really pleased to be able to release this young Australian Wood Duck this week! Our volunteer Angela found her at a small lake in Willetton in late January, struggling to stand or hold her head up. She was suffering from avian botulism: a paralytic condition caused by the ingestion of a highly poisonous neurotoxin, produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum 🦠. Although this bacteria is in the environment naturally, it proliferates over summer when wetlands start to dry and water bec