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Name that Duck
Posted: 04 Feb 2019, 22:41
by FlyTexas
Couldn't resist building this puzzle.
Can anyone identify this duck? I've never seen one like this before.
Brian
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 04 Feb 2019, 23:03
by PaulC
A Mandarin Duck.
Don;t ask me why I know that, it's just one of those things that's in my weird head.
Paul
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 04 Feb 2019, 23:05
by Paul K
Yes, a Mandarin duck, native to China and Japan, or thereabouts. Beautiful plumage, squire!
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 05:02
by FlyTexas
Thanks very much for the info, fellas.
Lovely bird. I hope this isn't the "Mandarin Duck" served in Chinese restaurants.
Brian
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 06:00
by Airspeed
Dead clever, those Chinese, I see it carries a spare pair of flippers in its back pocket; handy to escape those underwater dragon attacks.
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 08:51
by simondix
Yes Mandarin. Lives wild in the UK as well. The possibility is there may be more wild in the UK than in Asia. Closely related to your Carolina/Wood Duck, Brian.
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 09:12
by emfrat
Airspeed wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 06:00
Dead clever, those Chinese, I see it carries a spare pair of flippers in its back pocket; handy to escape those underwater dragon attacks.
Also a favourite with chefs, being so easy to peel
MikeW
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 12:03
by Filonian
FlyTexas wrote: ↑04 Feb 2019, 22:41
Couldn't resist building this puzzle.
Can anyone identify this duck? I've never seen one like this before.
Brian
Looks like the lesser bearded t shirt duck to me
Graham
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 14:30
by Nigel H-J
In all honesty I think a toddler dropped his toy duck into the water instead of the bath!!
Regards
Nigel.
Re: Name that Duck
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 16:06
by Tomliner
With it’s long red beard I’d suggest Ducky McTavish.
EricT