my coworker found an abandoned baby duck this morning.
She has it upstairs in a shoebox. It keeps chirping. It likes to be held.
It's little bill is super cute. It looks like this:
neilbert said at 3:45 PM 06-12-2006: I've always wanted a pet duck! However, they require constant attention; i.e. you become their mommy and their brood. It's good that the duck is personable, might make a good pet.
kara [email] said at 3:51 PM 06-12-2006: i think she's going to bring it to a rescue or something.. i wish it was my pet.
it definitely demands attention, it likes to cuddle.
poor little thing
kara [email] said at 3:51 PM 06-12-2006: i thought of these dudes, and I mentioned them.
this little guy is even smaller, believe it or not... and cuter, in my opinion.
josh [email] said at 3:54 PM 06-12-2006: he looks cooler, he has a colorful pattern on his feathers... are they even feathers when they are that young?
kaycee [email] said at 1:14 AM 06-13-2006: i had a pet duck when i was in 7th grade. his name was jeremy and he was able to play fetch, and walked mee to the busstop every day before school. but he was also a fat ass and a dg came into the yard and tore him to shreds one day. it was fucking terrifying.
kate [email] said at 9:19 AM 06-13-2006: You know what I want to hold? a real koala bear. oh man. that would be great. i also have always wanted to give Big Bird a hug.
crystal [email] said at 1:50 PM 06-13-2006: hmm. my boss here at my job has a picture of himself in Australia HOLDING a koala bear!!! It can be done! Maybe you gotta go down under? I've never really inquired about the pic though...
I will make a note of the location for you. it is mentioned on the picture.
kara [email] said at 2:00 PM 06-13-2006: well then maybe I've heard wrong, I just read that they're mean, I've never held one but I would assume australia is the most viable place to do so
brandonA [email] said at 3:20 PM 06-13-2006: A friend of mine went to australia a few months ago and she held a koala while there. I think the correct word is 'temperamental' not mean.
They're generally fat, lazy creatures who eat eucalyptus and sleep all day, but they can turn viscious on a dime. Supposedly they have much shorter lifespans than they could because of their poor living habits.
josh [email] said at 2:02 PM 06-13-2006: im sure it's like any wild animal, you can tame them if you get them young. i mean i wouldnt try and hold a wild cat...
kate [email] said at 3:53 PM 06-13-2006: i just found this...ha
“My apartment is infested with koala bears. It was the cutest infestation ever. When I turn on the light, they scatter, but I do not want them to. Don’t run away. I want to hold you . . . and feed you a leaf.” - mitch hedberg
meredith [email] said at 7:19 PM 06-13-2006: Once at LSU, a friend of mine, Kris, and I were swimming in the pool behind my apartment. I think we were kind of sitting in the shallow end talking and then we heard this multitude of cheeping and saw this herd of baby ducks come tearing out from under the bushes surrounding the pool. They looked just like this. We didn't see their mom. We were like 'awwww' and then they just ran straight into the pool. They were obviously in a panic and couldn't get themselves out of the pool because the water was like six inches from the top. We debated for a second and decided that we shouldn't touch them because we didn't want our scent to be on them, but we should try to get them out of the pool. So we spent an adorable twenty minutes chasing ducklings around (they instinctively dive when you get near them so the chase was partially underwater) and scouping them out of the pool. They all waited for each other and then ran off. I hope they found their mom.