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Ducks, to put it mildly, can be very annoying. For one thing, they're prone to bouts of aggression, attacking people at random. Their incessant quacking can get pretty irritating, too. But, beneath ...

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The Hayward Police Department said that animal control officer Susan Perez has prior experience rescuing animals that have fallen into storm drains A California animal control officer's clever ...

FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) -- A team of animal rescuers, armed with nets and cages, corralled and rescued 10 domesticated ducks apparently abandoned in Bowne Park. The group saved the duck dynasty, which ...

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If it walks like a duck and talks like a person, it’s probably a musk duck (Biziura lobata)—the only waterfowl species known that can learn sounds from other species. The Australian species’ facility ...