The concept that you should watch others and observe their outcomes to determine if you should do the same thing they did. This idea derived from penguins in the Antarctic who stand on the edge of an iceberg watching other penguins jump into the water, if the penguin who jumped into the water doesn’t get eaten by a predator then the other penguins know it is safe to jump in.

Anatidaephobia is defined as a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck watches.

Anatidaephobia is derived from the Greek word "anatidae", meaning ducks, geese or swans and "phobos" meaning fear.