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Down is a type of feather that was used in various (fancy) bedding and clothes. Nowadays synthetic options are significantly more common and anything with real down feathers is quite expensive.
Oh. That actually explains a lot (uses to hear the term "down feather" as a kid every now and then)
I interpreted it completely differently, when you "duck", you crouch down
That was my first thought as well, but it left me wondering what elephants had to do with getting up (or something along those lines).
IMO, real down only remains necessary for stuff like backpacking, because it's lighter and packs smaller than any synthetic of comparable insulation amount. Unless you need that, synthetic is better.
And real down is also extremely cruel. Just sayin’
They don't pluck live ducks (or geese), you know.
I put it to you that the use of plastic down is much crueler because it kills way more animals.
They fucking absolutely do. And even if they didn't, I'm sorry to tell you, killing animals that don't want to die is cruel and violent. Doing so for sensory pleasure or wealth is deeply wrong. The animals we create are morally equivalent to our own children and are owed the exact same unconditional love and protection.
Your second point is speculative. It's something you clearly don't know, but you're choosing to believe because it gives cover and distraction to cruelty and violence.
pigs, for example, have the intelligence of a 3-4 year old human (not that that means that lower intelligence means we can kill them) . They can and do solve puzzles etc. They're really intelligent.
actually, they often do. https://www.four-paws.org/campaigns-topics/campaigns/wearitkind/down