The Will to survive
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Topic: The Will to survive
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: The Will to survive
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 06:39
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From BBC news:
Duck survives two days in fridge
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. The plucky duck was taken first to a local animal hospital, and then to an animal sanctuary for more specialised treatment. A veterinarian at the sanctuary said he thinks the duck will live, but will probably never be well enough to be released into the wild. The veterinarian, David Hale, said the duck's low metabolism rate helped it survive its time in the refrigerator, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported. "This is an extremely tough duck with a lot of spirit to live," he said. "This shows how tough and adaptable wildlife are." ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 06:48
| Amazing...animals are the bravest and that duck earned its second life. I'm surprised the hunter let it live. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 08:23
| Ducks are cool. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 08:26
| Well my cat survived from poisoning this weekend (true sad story but which finishes well eventually). |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 08:47
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Well done the duck. While we're on the subject of hunting, I was disgusted by a story in the Mail on Sunday today. Prince Philip and some of his cronies were out shooting pheasants (which is bad enough) when they frightened a fox and it made a run for it, so they shot it as well (and then left it dying for 5 or 10 minutes whilst they carried out shooting pheasants). |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 11:36
b*****ds.... and yeah, that's one tough duck! ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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chopper wrote:Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 05:44
I saw the picture in sunday papers. It looks awful. However, that story didn't overshadowed the Shilpa/BigBro/racism story  |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 05:55
| ...Hence the (french) expression : "A duck's cold"! |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 07:48
Typical sn00by b*****ds! 
WALRUSES WOULD NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN TO THEM EVER! 
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