(CNN) — An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded ...
Gold Shaw Farm explains the biological anatomy that prevents drakes from producing the iconic loud quack of female ducks.
In 1987, a researcher in Australia recorded a male musk duck named Ripper producing a vocalization that sounded very much like “You bloody fool,” along with sounds resembling a slamming door and a ...