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Shot Duck Survives 2 Days in Fla. Fridge |
2007-01-21 |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Neither gunfire nor two days in a refrigerator could slay this duck. When the wife of the hunter who shot it opened the refrigerator door, the duck lifted its head, giving her a scare. The man's wife "was going to check on the refrigerator because it hadn't been working right and when she opened the door, it looked up at her," said Laina Whipple, a receptionist at Killearn Animal Hospital. "She freaked out and told the daughter to take it to the hospital right then and there." The 1-pound female ring-neck ended up at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, where it has been treated since Tuesday for wounds to its wing and leg. Sanctuary veterinarian David Hale said it has about a 75 percent chance of survival, but probably won't ever be well enough to be released back into the wild. He said the duck, which has a low metabolism, could have survived in a big enough refrigerator, especially if the door was opened and closed several times. And he said he understands how the hunter thought the duck was dead. Night of the Living Duck "This duck is very passive," Hale said. "It's not like trying to pick up a Muscovy at Lake Ella, where you put your life in your hands." |
Posted by:Deacon Blues |
#14 13 comments and not one Cheney joke. C'mon, there has to be at least one in this story. If the duck could talk, perhaps he could help us solve one of life's little mysteries: Does the light go off when the door is shut? |
Posted by: USN, ret. 2007-01-21 22:02 |
#13 Aawwwww. #3, I wanted to say it, plus "BLUE CROSS/SHIELD" also. Another "Incompetent Male Provider threatens Home and Community", "Sighted Duck, Scared Wife" FREEREPUBLIC alert. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-21 20:54 |
#12 Just because he didn't clean the duck before he brought it home? Isn't that a tad harsh, Chuck? ;-p She's a tough gal Barbara! She don't take no uncleaned critters in the Frigidaire! 8-) |
Posted by: Chuck Darwin 2007-01-21 20:21 |
#11 I don't think so, Barbara. anything we caught had to be cleaned and anything we shot had to beprepared as well or it didn't go into the freezer or refrigadeezer. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-01-21 19:33 |
#10 #9: "My wife, would have wrung his neck, dipped him in some boiling water and plucked his ass for the pot." Just because he didn't clean the duck before he brought it home? Isn't that a tad harse, Chuck? ;-p |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-21 18:49 |
#9 A few thoughts come to mind. What kind of hunter bags some waterfowl, and then doesn't clean the critter before heading home with it? That is just gross. My wife, would have wrung his neck, dipped him in some boiling water and plucked his ass for the pot. Hmmm. Maybe he was going to have the critter stuffed. |
Posted by: Chuck Darwin 2007-01-21 18:21 |
#8 The 1-pound female ring-neck ended up at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, where it has been treated since Tuesday for wounds to its wing and leg. Shot in the wing and the leg? I bet Dad got stuck with the bill. |
Posted by: mrp 2007-01-21 17:51 |
#7 Heh heh heh Penguin, Aflac was a born in Tallahassee too, the Zimmerman Agency. |
Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-21 12:43 |
#6 #5 Kinda sorta reminds me of Fidel. Posted by: SteveS 2007-01-21 11:57 oh, great. Now we'll get a bunch of "like shit through a |
Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-21 12:03 |
#5 Kinda sorta reminds me of Fidel. |
Posted by: SteveS 2007-01-21 11:57 |
#4 Sounds like the precursor to the raising of the army of zombie ducks... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2007-01-21 11:45 |
#3 AFLAC! |
Posted by: Penguin 2007-01-21 10:29 |
#2 And yes Night of the Living Duck made me laugh and laugh, keeping the cats awake that much longer. |
Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-21 03:12 |
#1 I doubted the story until the line about F***ing Lake Ella 'Scovy ducks of doom. |
Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-21 03:11 |