How long can ducks hold their breath underwater for?

Question

at work on my lunch break i noticed a duck went underwater and i waited for it to surface. it stayed underwater for like 1 minute. it went under a few times and one of the time it came up with a fish. then it went underwater again. and i waited for it to surface. i was going to record it on video on my phone (idk why) but i gave up cause it took ages for it to surface (i thought it got eaten by a bigger fish). 5 minutes later it came up and i was like holy c**p it stayed underwater for 5 minutes?!

Answer 1

As long as it takes for you to stop looking at them.

Answer 2

3 to 4 mins.

Answer 3

I'm at work right now so I don't have access to youtube but look up diving ducks... There's an awesome video of a duck at one of those walk down aquariums diving all the way to the bottom of it and poking around down there... It really is cool.