A fishing net is also long and narrow, but we usually wouldn’t call it a spear because that’s not how you use it. If you spear something with your net you’ve made a mistake.
Personally, I’d say a duck beak is “spoonish”, and the fish hunters are “grabby”. Some are tweezery, and some are tongy.
I’ll be honest I personally assumed ducks only ate fish.
Wrong shaped beak for that, shovel instead of spear
Pelican.
How is this not a spear?
Even the shoebill stork has a pointy end
Less the long and narrow and more how it’s used.
A fishing net is also long and narrow, but we usually wouldn’t call it a spear because that’s not how you use it. If you spear something with your net you’ve made a mistake.
Personally, I’d say a duck beak is “spoonish”, and the fish hunters are “grabby”. Some are tweezery, and some are tongy.
Shovels work fine for itty-bitty fishies, since there’s a lid to keep them from splashing out. Also water bugs as well as of course plants.
They work, but aren’t they primarily for plants and bugs?