A face only a mother could love

[alemorkam]

Actually I think it is beautiful. Muscovy Duck.

[Taltarzac725]

For some reason I thought immediately of Charles Darwin. How did that look come about?

[mtdjed]

For some reason I thought immediately of Charles Darwin. How did that look come about?

It looks like bad meat, so predators avoid it.

[Bay Kid]

So ugly it's beautiful.

[JerryLBell]

The Muscovy ducklings are actually cute as little bugs. Kind of the opposite of the Ugly Duckling story. They start out cute as can be and end up looking a little weird. And that's coming from someone who loves birds.