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Swiss duck caught exceeding speed limit
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The radar image of a duck going 32 miles an hour (52 k) in a  30K zone was caught on a camera & the mallard is suspected of being a repeat offender... Rolleyes Big Grin Big Grin


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/560933/...-30km-zone
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#2
Duck cries foul. Cops have egg on faces...
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(14-05-2025, 01:50 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Duck cries foul. Cops have egg on faces...

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I used to live by the Heathcote river, it's a thrilling sight to see the ducks winging up or down the river weaving through the Willow trees, in a convoy in the morning light as water streams from the Willow fronds hanging down into the river surface, quacking to each other as they go, only feet above the surface of the water following the path of the river.

When you are on the river banks there are parts of the stream where you can be looking down on the ducks as they zoom through. The vortex from their wings disturbing the water into splashes, sometimes they land with a huge speeding wash of water and come to a standstill quacking loudly.
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Meanwhile, in New Zealand ducks are trying to stay on the ground, it's too risky to fly. Hunters in camo gear, camo boats and hiding in ''hides'' so the extremely dangerous duck can't attack them. Two top line predators battling it out in lakes and streams throughout the country.
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We once had a pool in the garden, lovely for the grandkids. And come the season, the ducks arrived. Which was even more fun for the grandchildren.
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(14-05-2025, 06:14 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: We once had a pool in the garden, lovely for the grandkids. And come the season, the ducks arrived. Which was even more fun for the grandchildren.

I can just see the headlines in the paper;

"Local ducks taking lessons from Swiss tutor  to increase speeds".... Rolleyes Big Grin Big Grin
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