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Duck survives two days in fridge

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BoyBach

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A duck in the US state of Florida has survived gunshot wounds and a two-day stint in a refrigerator.

A hunter shot the duck, wounding it in the wing and leg. Believing the bird was dead, he left it in his fridge at his home in Tallahassee.

The hunter's wife got a fright when she opened the fridge and the duck lifted its head, a local veterinarian said.

Staff at the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary who are treating the bird said it has a 75% chance of survival.
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- BBC


That's one tough duck. :eek:
 
Staff at the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary who are treating the bird said it has a 75% chance of survival.
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Let's hope there aren't any quacks among the Staff.
 
If this duck was shot during a duck hunt, why the frell did they take it to the vet when it was found to be still alive...?!? Seems a bit silly... and why was it put in the fridge without being plucked and gutted in the first place...?

This sounds like a "newspaper duck" to me...

Now, I detest hunting when it's done for sports, but as long as you eat whatever you shoot, and stay away from endangered species, then it's fine by me...
 
The season shot is funny, I'd like to try it though.

They should have just thrown in the duck in the oven. Roasted duck...yum.
 
That season shot sounds really clever. I'm sure my mum would prefer it to plucking the duck when we bring them in! I would imagine the accuracy and range is affected though.
 
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
If this duck was shot during a duck hunt, why the frell did they take it to the vet when it was found to be still alive...?!? Seems a bit silly... and why was it put in the fridge without being plucked and gutted in the first place...?
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Thats what I was wondering. If I saw that the duck was alive I would have just shot it again, not take it to the vet.
 
This why I make sure what I hunt is dead before I take it home ( or to lab) with me.

I know this will sound stupid considering my above statement but the guy should be charged with animal cruelty, he wounds an animal and it is alive two days later, it think that is just wrong.

At least they did not start to pluck it while it was alive though.
 
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
If this duck was shot during a duck hunt, why the frell did they take it to the vet when it was found to be still alive...?!? Seems a bit silly... and why was it put in the fridge without being plucked and gutted in the first place...?

This sounds like a "newspaper duck" to me...

Now, I detest hunting when it's done for sports, but as long as you eat whatever you shoot, ans stay away from endangered species, then it's fine by me...
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Yeah it is weird, I know whenever my dad hunts he cleans the birds/deer that same day/night. You don't just put the whole body in the fridge, and if your way to tired to clean them that night you certainly don't leave em for 2 days. Very odd.
 
This story was at the end of every major news today, the afternoon editions, evening editions, all of them ended with this "dead duck in a freezer comes back to life" story.

Reminded me of the "that squirrel can waterski" scene from Anchorman.
 
Hope they didn't kill the duck after all that...the bird earned his life and should be set free....but knowing human they might want to study the duck to see if we could use his "abilities"

Poor duck but a strong one.

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Soon, gangs are going to get a hold of season shot.

The streets are going to be littered with corpses that smell like honey chicken. CSIs will get hungry. KFC's stock will rise.
 
Abstract said:
Soon, gangs are going to get a hold of season shot.

The streets are going to be littered with corpses that smell like honey chicken. CSIs will get hungry. KFC's stock will rise.
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Haha, I'm eating honey chicken right now...plus pizza :eek:
 
The duck beats death - again!

Duck comes back from dead, again

The duck entered surgery with vets confident that she would survive the procedure despite serious injuries to her wing, leg and beak.

But her heart failed during the operation, prompting senior vet David Hale to declare her officially dead.

"We lost her. You know, the bird's dead and it's over. I'm sorry," he said, recalling the operation.

"And then, you know, up comes that head and the wings start flapping and, honestly, what, 20 seconds later, I mean the bird was, like, up."

Few details have been made public about how the medical team brought Perky back to life, but the Associated Press said she was revived using CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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You can't keep a good duck down.
 
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