A wild duck needs a steady supply of energy to be able to fly for hours and has dark breast meat.Domesticated chickens rarely fly and have white breast meat.As a result you would expect to find _____ in the breast muscles of wild ducks than domesticated chickens.

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Dark meat in birds is rich in mitochondria which is responsible for energy production. Since wild ducks require a steady supply of energy to fly for hours, it has more mitochondria in its breast muscle compared to domesticated chickens which rarely fly and thus have a higher proportion of white meat with lower levels of mitochondria.

A Wild Duck Needs a Steady Supply of Energy to Be