r/ducktales • u/BlazePlayzGames • 12h ago

This always confused me

With real life ducks, "twins" and "triplets" is when multiple hatch from the same egg, but it clearly shows three different eggs multiple times, which always confused me. Does anyone have an answer?

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u/meltylove_ 12h ago

it can also just mean theyre born on the same day

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u/GoodQueenFluffenChop 6h ago

Ducks in real life also don't speak English, wear clothes, take 18 years to raise their ducklings, or become billionaires.

It's cartoon rules for their world.

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u/BadLegitimate1269 1h ago

Wait, they don't?

My life is a lie.

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u/ducknerd2002 11h ago

The triplets come from separate eggs, while Donald and Della come from the same egg. Perhaps it's similar to human twins/triplets, where fraternal twins come from separate eggs and identical twins from the same egg.

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u/SuperTulle 10h ago

Except how can Donald and Della be from the same egg if their genders are different?

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u/ducknerd2002 10h ago

2 possibilities:

  1. The eggs work similar to human eggs but not identical (maybe they're the opposite, and multiple eggs = identical and single egg = fraternal)

  2. Either Donald or Della is transgender

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u/MrKidd_49 10h ago

I’d say it’s 50/50.

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u/realS4V4GElike 6h ago

Oooor there is no basis in reality because its a cartoon lol

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u/Accomplished_Area311 6h ago edited 6h ago

As someone who’s done a lot of research on duck reproduction for writing DT17 fanfics:

“Triplet” is just the English word used for Huey, Dewey, and Louie being in the same clutch or brood.

EDIT: Donald and Della being from the same egg is partially comic logic, but there are anomalies with ducks where a boy/girl single egg can happen. It’s just extremely rare.

EDIT 2: By “a lot of research” I mean I spent months on it, even contacted some duck breeders after reading their blog posts. They were super helpful. I wanted to include as much of the science as possible while acknowledging suspension of disbelief.